Amanda Seyfried Snags Prime Video Series That HBO Max Let Slip Away
Amanda Seyfried will star in Prime Video’s Skinny Dip, a series adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s 2004 caper that landed at Amazon MGM Studios after HBO Max passed.
Amanda Seyfried just signed on to headline a Prime Video series based on Carl Hiaasen's 2004 caper novel 'Skinny Dip.' Yes, the one with the woman who gets tossed off a cruise ship and decides to return the favor in a much smarter way.
What the show is
Seyfried is playing Joey Perrone, a woman celebrating her second anniversary when her husband Chaz decides to mark the occasion by pushing her overboard. Joey survives, goes off the grid, and teams up with a disgraced ex-cop to take him down. It is revenge, but make it strategic.
Who is making it
- Star: Amanda Seyfried (also serving as executive producer)
- Writers/EPs: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (the Once Upon a Time creators)
- Additional EPs: Bill Lawrence for Doozer, Carl Hiaasen, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer
- Studios: Amazon MGM Studios acquired the project; Warner Bros. Television is producing
- Home: Prime Video
- Source material: Carl Hiaasen's 2004 novel 'Skinny Dip'
The platform shuffle
This one did a lap around the streaming block: it was originally set up at HBO Max earlier this year, then Amazon MGM Studios picked it up and moved it to Prime Video. If you are keeping score, yes, that means a Prime Video series produced by Warner Bros. Television. It happens more than you think.
Where you've seen Seyfried lately (and next)
On TV, her most recent project was the Peacock miniseries 'Long Bright River,' which debuted in March. On the film side, she has the psychological thriller 'The Housemaid' with Sydney Sweeney and the musical drama 'The Testament of Ann Lee' with Lewis Pullman on deck. That last one has already netted her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
Bottom line: great book, strong lead, and a team that knows how to make twisty, character-forward TV. Curious to see how far they lean into the novel's darkly funny side.