Big Little Lies 3 will be there: but did we need it?

For a few years now we have curiously decided to compete in a new Olympic discipline: loudly asking for the renewal of a certain series only to then complain that that series is not up to the standard of the original. One of the titles that has most revived this financial year in the last period was undoubtedly Big Little Lies, which was born as a miniseries in 2017, transposing Liane Moriarty’s novel to the small screen with a stellar cast and meticulous production, capable of grabbing Emmys and acclaim. The small reality of Monterey, the will of three different women to emancipate themselves from certain roles and to free themselves from the grip of certain men and an action so shocking that it makes everyone understand that in life it is not just about discussing but also about acting. transformed Big Little Lies in a small cult which more and more people have asked about. Despite the insistence of HBO and the actresses and producers Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, certain that the story should not stop there, the writer Liane Moriarty was clear: the story was not meant to be continued, and it would have been appropriate to end it there.

In Hollywood, however, one changes one’s mind very easily and this is why, two years later and behind who knows what millionaire compensation, Moriarty is back at work putting together a second season which was not initially planned and which tried to resume the threads of everything he had told in the first episodes. Unfortunately, despite the arrival on the field of a big shot like Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies 2 – which we saw in Italy on Sky – was unable to keep the public’s expectations high, managing to navigate some threads and some plots very well but not adequately delve into many – too many – nuances that remained pending. Despite the more tepid reception of the debut, there too there were many who were clamoring for a third season, even if it was Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon themselves who curbed the enthusiasm at that time, perhaps because they were aware that it had already been a miracle to pull off a second season.

What remains is that, four years after that invitation, it seems that Big Little Lies 3 it will be. Kidman announced this during the Q&A at the CME Group Championship in Naples, Florida, announcing that the project will soon see the light. «Big Little Lies he came at a time when I thought, after having my daughters, that I would stop acting, and he loved it very much,” the actress said. «After I started working with Reese Witherspoon, who offered me co-production, the miniseries was a success, people started watching it and appreciating it and the recognition came from there. We’ll make a third season, just so you know». At the moment the details are still top secret, although it is almost a given that we will see not only Kidman on stage again, but also Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Zoe Kravitz who, however, said she was doubtful about the creation of a new season afterwards the news of the death of Jean-Marc Vallée, co-executive producer but also director of the debut season’s episodes. What will he tell? Big Little Lies 3 we don’t know yet, although we are quite certain that the same people who crowded social media asking for the new episodes to be filmed will probably be the first to destroy them by saying that the Big Little Lies you can’t beat the original. Let it bet?