The Residence will be Shondaland’s third major Netflix Original title. Here’s the most recent information about the impending Netflix adaptation. As previously stated, Netflix announced in July 2018 that it had acquired the rights to the Kate Anderson Brower novel. It announced that the series adaption would begin in March 2022.
Paul William Davies, a former attorney turned screenwriter, will serve as the series’ writer and showrunner. Scandal, Betrayal, and For the People are among his many credits. The Residence will be part of Davies’ new overall contract with Netflix, while Shondaland is also under an exclusive arrangement that was renewed when it was originally signed in 2018.
Shondaland’s Netflix series portfolio includes blockbuster period drama Bridgerton, which returns for a second season this month, its Queen Charlotte spinoff, and Rhimes’ recently released limited series Inventing Anna. Here’s everything else we know about The Residence on Netflix:
What is The Residence’s plot?
The Residence, a Netflix original series, will turn Kate Andersen Brower’s book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House on its head and provide a murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie’s Poirot. According to GoodReads, The Residence book “offers an intimate view of the White House service personnel, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.”
The official Netflix summary for the new series is as follows:
“132 rooms. There are 157 suspects. There was only one body. One outlandish detective. One calamitous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunit set at the White House’s upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs, among the world’s most famous mansion’s colourful personnel.”
Who is in The Residence’s cast?
No cast members for Netflix’s The Residence have been revealed as of September 2022. We may probably anticipate having well-known actors connected in the upcoming months given the production companies working on the project.
When will The Residence be available on Netflix?
The script for Netflix’s The Residence is currently being written and edited, with pre-production to follow. This is referred to as being in active development. Production sources claim that most of 2023 will be devoted to filming for the series. Currently, it is anticipated that the series will begin production in Q1 2023 and end in Q3 2023.
The Residence’s release date hasn’t been specified by Netflix, but given how long it will take to film, we anticipate it won’t happen until about 2024. The Residence will include eight episodes, each lasting about 60 minutes, according to Netflix. Don’t anticipate a season 2 because the series is referred to in several places as a “mini-series.”