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Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
A New Update About ‘The Hunting Wives' Season 2 On Netflix
The Hunting Wives Netflix We seem to have another sticky show hanging around Netflix's top 10 list, The Hunting Wives , a murder-based comedy thriller that stars Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman. Season 1 has racked up solid viewership, and at #2 on Netflix right now, it's only behind huge hit Untamed , the not-comedic murder mystery. Now, questions turn toward season 2 of The Hunting Wives , which Netflix has not announced, though mercifully, it has not said it's canceled either. Rather, things seem to be looking up. We have a new update from The Hunting Wives' showrunner Rebecca Cutter, speaking to Variety, about the prospects of season 2: 'I think we'd do a little bit of a time jump — not a year, but a time. By the end of shooting, I realized that the two engines of the show are the whodunit and the Margo/Sophie relationship, and tracking how those spines intersect with each other,' said Cutter. 'The first thing I'm thinking about is, where are these two women at the start? Where are they at the end? What are the peaks and valleys of their individual power, of their relationship? So it's tracking a course for that, and then figuring out what the crime engine is.' 'I think it would be smart' to introduce a new murder mystery. But it's early stages. 'I don't know whodunit yet or who got done!' The Hunting Wives Netflix So, not making this an anthology or anything, even with a new murder, keeping the current cast. One issue here is that this first season was adapted from a May Cobb book, a single May Cobb book, so it would have to be forging a new path forward from here. But with Cobb heavily involved in the show and working with the team, perhaps that would help move things along if she had another idea to keep things moving. This seemed like this may have been the plan from the start, given that The Hunting Wives is not listed as a limited series. Past that, we have the four pillars of Netflix renewal: Viewership – It's high on the top 10 list, it's doing well. It may not hit #1, but this is still a solid performance, and it's only gone up in time. – It's high on the top 10 list, it's doing well. It may not hit #1, but this is still a solid performance, and it's only gone up in time. Cost – No big blockbuster effects, no huge movie stars to pay millions to, even if Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman may be familiar to some viewers (in Snow's case, some Pitch Perfect fans, to be sure). – No big blockbuster effects, no huge movie stars to pay millions to, even if Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman may be familiar to some viewers (in Snow's case, some Pitch Perfect fans, to be sure). Reviews – Decent enough, a 75% critic score but, weirdly, there are not actually reviews in for an audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, despite it being clearly well-watched. – Decent enough, a 75% critic score but, weirdly, there are not actually reviews in for an audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, despite it being clearly well-watched. Completion – One of Netflix's biggest metrics is one we don't have access to: whether or not people start a show and finish it. Murder mysteries tend to have an advantage in that department, given that people want to stick around to see whodunit. It's almost certainly going to happen. We'll keep an eye on viewership, but I don't think there will be a problem landing a second season. The real challenge will be figuring out what it should be. Follow me on Twitter , YouTube , Bluesky and Instagram . Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy .
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow strip off for VERY raunchy lesbian sex scene in new series The Hunting Wives
Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow stripped off for very raunchy sex scenes in Netflix's The Hunting Wives. The eight-part thriller is packed full of heart-racing scenes and is based on May Cobb's novel of the same name. The steamy third episode features a lesbian love-making scene and oral sex between Pitch Perfect star Brittany, who plays Sophie O'Neil, and Malin, who stars as Margo Banks. Created by Rebecca Cutter, the American drama hit Netflix for US viewers on July 21 and delves into the tale of Sophie O'Neil. Sophie moves from her life in the city in Boston to East Texas. She finds herself growing close to a mysterious and exclusive group of women dubbed the Hunting Wives. Other stars include Dermot Mulroney as Jed Banks and Chrissy Metz who portrays Starr. The eight-part thriller is packed full of heart-racing scenes and is based on May Cobb's novel of the same name While Jaime Ray Newman plays Callie and X-Men star Evan Jonigkeit is Graham O'Neil. Margo and her husband Jed, who is considering running for the governor of Texas, have an open relationship. It allows Margo to have flings with inappropriately younger guys such as high school-aged Brad (George Ferrier) and also women like her friend Callie (Jaime Ray Newman). Soon then, she sets her sights on Sophie. When Sophie becomes tied into Margot's friendship group, the pair grow close. Malin previously spoke about her 'wild' role in the series, admitting: 'I love roles like this.' 'Women who are just big and free and wild', she told The Post. The 27 Dresses star added: 'This show is saucy and fun, and I love veering away from who I am in real life, which is a people pleaser, and stepping into something that's a bit more queen bee, leader of the pack. It was amazing.' Speaking about the steamy sex scenes with Brittany, Malin said the atmosphere was 'playful'. Sophie moves from her life in the city in Boston to East Texas . She finds herself growing close to a mysterious and exclusive group of women dubbed the Hunting Wives Margo and her husband Jed, who is considering running for the governor of Texas, have an open relationship - It allows Margo to have flings with other people 'I'm so glad it was with her, and we felt so comfortable with each other. We'd become really good friends — and how lucky that we did end up getting along', she added. The book's official synopsis reads: 'Sophie O'Neill left behind the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. 'It seems like the perfect life but Sophie soon becomes bored and restless. Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. 'Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. 'As Sophie's curiosity gives way to full-blown obsession, she slips farther away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers. 'When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiralling out of control.'
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Hunting Wives': Malin Akerman talks juicy Texas drama, and the scandalous moment she 'loved and feared'
Based on the 2021 novel by May Cobb, the show The Hunting Wives (streaming on Netflix in the U.S., Crave in Canada) starring Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit and Chrissy Metz, is a twisted Texas drama. To use a description from Akerman, it's "Big Little Lies meets Yellowstone." Sophie O'Neil (Snow) and her husband Graham (Jonigkeit) have just moved to Texas from Boston, with the first episode taking place as they do go to a party hosted by Graham's boss, Jed Bank (Mulroney). But a surprise to Sophie and Graham, it's an NRA (National Rifle Association of America) fundraiser. Sophie, an ex-PR professional, isn't particularly comfortable in her new Republican environment, amplified when Jed announces at the party that he's officially running for governor. Panicking, Sophie runs to the bathroom where she meets Margo (Akerman), who asks Sophie if she has a pad, adding that she can't use a tampon. Margo isn't shy to take her dress off in front of Sophie, getting herself ready to go back to the party. When Sophie tells Margo she just came into the bathroom to take Xanax, she gives an extra pill to Margo, just before she realizes Margo is Jed's wife. While Margo decides Sophie will be her new best friend, some of the other women she's close to, particularly Callie (Jaime Ray Newman) who has an intimate relationship with Margo, aren't so pleased. Meanwhile, Margo's riskiest move is her relationship with high-school-aged Brad (George Ferrier), who seems more interested in their hookups than his Christian teen girlfriend Abby (Madison Wolfe). "I feel so lucky when I get to play characters like this," Akerman told Yahoo Canada. "I feel like I got lucky with Lara Axelrod in Billions and then this one is in the same vein of just this powerful queen bee of a woman who happens to be quite manipulative, quite charming, but you do not want to cross her. And I just think that's so much fun to play." "These are what we call the juicy parts, where there's lots to do for the characters and some place to go with the arc of their journey. I got sent the eight episodes up front, so I was able to read her journey, which isn't always the case for TV shows, sometimes you just get a pilot. So I felt really excited to get to see what was going to happen throughout the show, which is just such a fun, binge-worthy show, really." Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow's easy chemistry With Snow and Akerman's characters getting close quite quickly in the show, getting even closer as the series continues, Akerman highlighted that they had an "easy" time creating the chemistry required. "We have quite an intimate relationship throughout this show, so it was really important that we got along," Akerman said. "We got really lucky." "It was very similar to the characters in a way, because I felt like I had Brittany Snow and took her under my wing in many ways, even though she's a fully capable woman, but she'll agree, we've talked about that a lot, and we just said we fell into these interesting roles that parallel the dynamics in the show." But with such a strong first scene between these two characters, when they first meet in the bathroom, Akerman said she "loved and feared it." "There's the love of reading that and watching those kinds of shows and characters, and then you go, oh right, but I have to perform it," Akerman said. "But how lucky am I to get to play this woman who has that freedom, and there is something about that where you go, there's so much power in being secure in who you are and taking that on. So I loved it. But there's always hesitation and making sure that any characters like these are ... not gratuitous, and it propels the plot. It pulls the plot along. ... So as long as that all comes together, I'm happy to jump in." 'If you feel like you're safe on set ... then you're able to do your job properly' Throughout the series, we dive deeper into the relationship between Jed and Margo. In one interesting scene Margo expresses to Jed that she's concerned about his transition into politics possibly exploding their current lives, and that their open relationship would be received differently for her as a woman, and he's quick to sternly shut her down for suggesting a double standards for women versus men. "Many things within the relationship are very freeing where you go, this is a relationship that works and they definitely step outside the boundaries of what a monogamous relationship looks like, but at the same time ... there is that controlling element of, he is still the man, and we are in Texas in this show, and there are things that are frowned upon for women," Akerman said. "There's taboos that are put on men and women separately. So it is fun to explore that in this show." But with so many private, intimate, explicitly sexual moments in the show, Akerman stressed that she felt the set was a constructive and effective environment to explore those elements of the story. "We had wonderful directors. We have the most incredible showrunner and creator in Rebecca Cutter. ... It's always from the top down," she said. "Safety and vulnerability, being able to be vulnerable is a huge thing for an actor and I think if you feel like you're safe on set and there's respect, then you're able to do your job properly. And that's exactly what they created on this set." "We had a wonderful intimacy coordinator, which is like having a choreographer, but for intimate scenes. So we all felt like we knew what we were walking into. Every day we have professional camera men and camera women. ... You create an environment and once that environment is created, as an actor, you can walk in and feel like, 'Oh, they've got my back and I know what we're doing.'" The complex backstory of Margo For Akerman's Margo, there are a lot of questions about who she was before she married Jed, what her past was and what her road was to get to this point in her life. "Rebecca Cutter and I, we had lengthy conversations about who she is ... and I think it comes from a past and going, what did she have to do to survive?" Akerman siad. "She's quite the survivor and a lot of times when you meet survivors, they're so in tune with being able to read a room and become a chameleon and understand how to fit in, and how to build themselves up." While the show does, quite quickly, show us glimpses into the life Margo left behind, the most telling moments are when we see Margo alone, because she is someone who really turns on and evolves around others. "I always feel like those are the most telling moments in film or television," Akerman said. "I just think, you know, silence and watching people, letting you see their inner dialogue through their eyes without saying anything, conveying what's on our heart, those are really powerful moments and give so much insight." "Instead of exposition, ... I prefer for audiences to be given that treat of going, oh what was that look? What was that glimpse? Or it's just foreshadowing in a completely different way. ... I do love those moments and I think they're very important, letting characters breathe a bit is way more interesting."
New York Post
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Malin Akerman on steamy Brittany Snow 'Hunting Wives' scenes: video
Move over, 'Big Little Lies,' there's a new soapy drama about rich housewives, sex, and murder. Malin Akerman stars in the Netflix show 'The Hunting Wives' (now streaming), which is based on the 2021 novel and follows Sophie (Brittany Snow), who moves with her husband (Evan Jonigkeit) from Massachusetts to Texas. While feeling like a fish out of water, she ends up in a complicated relationship with Margo Banks (Akerman), the wife of her husband's boss, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), who is considering running for the Governor of Texas. Margo is the leader of the local clique of socialites and moms. Advertisement 'I love roles like this. Women who are just big and free and wild,' Akerman, 47, exclusively told The Post. 9 Malin Akerman and Dermot Mulroney in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix 9 Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix Advertisement 9 Malin Akerman in her video interview with the New York Post. Page Six The '27 Dresses' star added, 'This show is saucy and fun, and I love veering away from who I am in real life, which is a people pleaser, and stepping into something that's a bit more queen bee, leader of the pack. It was amazing.' Margo and Jed have an open relationship, allowing Margo to have flings with inappropriately younger guys such as high school aged Brad (George Ferrier) and also women like her friend Callie (Jaime Ray Newman). Plus, she sets her sights on Sophie. As Sophie becomes tied into Margot's group of hard-partying friends – fellow moms and housewives who also like to shoot guns – there's also a dash of murder. Advertisement 9 Jaime Ray Newman, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, and Katie Lowes in 'The Hunting Wives.' thehuntingwives/Instagram Regarding the steamy scenes in the show, Akerman said, 'I've done it in the past and I just think that when it moves the plot forward, I'm all for it. I'm not for gratuitous scenes, and I think that this is necessary to Margo's character.' The 'Watchmen' actress noted that the cast had a 'wonderful intimacy coordinator' to collaborate with. 'So before you even get to set, we're rehearsing the scenes. We're talking about what we're comfortable with, what we are not comfortable with so that when we get to set, we're ready to go and we know there are no surprises,' she explained. 'It's very technical. But when it's on your TV screens, hopefully it feels very sexy and exciting.' Advertisement 9 Joyce Glenn, Katie Lowes, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Jamie Ray Newman, and Alexandria DiBerry in 'The Hunting Wives.' For the moments when things heat up between Margo and Sophie, Akerman said the atmosphere behind the scenes was 'playful.' 'Brittany and I get along so well. She's such a lovely human. We would be sitting there kind of giggling like school girls, like, 'Oh my God, this is so crazy. What a job we have!'' 'I'm so glad it was with her, and we felt so comfortable with each other,' the 'Couples Retreat' star added. 'We'd become really good friends – and how lucky that we did end up getting along. Because sometimes you have to do scenes with people you're not as bonded with. So, of course there's some hesitation, but we always felt really well taken care of.' 9 Malin Akerman at An Unforgettable Evening at The Beverly Hilton on April 28, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. WireImage 9 Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix She added: 'And it was such a respectful set. We knew what we were doing with this intimacy coordinator who had our backs along with everyone else in the crew.' Akerman explained that Margo and Sophie's relationship is 'complicated.' Advertisement 'They need each other in different ways. And I think that they both have an idea of what they think they want in the beginning, but what it ends up becoming is something very different,' she told The Post. 9 Malin Akerman at the Anine Bing Cocktail Party held at Chateau Marmont in LA on May 13, 2025. WWD via Getty Images 9 Katie Lowes, Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix '[Margo likes that Sophie is] smart and she's interesting and very different from the women that she's hanging out with. It's like a shiny toy for her that she wants to play with,' she said. 'She doesn't really know what she's getting herself into, but is always willing to go there and feels confident enough to dive into this relationship. So it starts in one place and then it ends up some place different that any of these women would have guessed.' Advertisement Akerman is also known for her roles in 'Rock of Ages,' 'Watchmen' and 2008's '27 Dresses,' co-starring James Marsden and Katherine Heigl. 'We've had dreams about [a sequel],' she said of the romantic comedy. 'We've all dreamt big, but I still haven't any rumors about that. I would love that. '28 Dresses' would be lovely.'
Metro
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Netflix quietly adds 8 episodes of wild thriller – and fans are devouring it
An 'outrageous' new thriller has quietly been added to Netflix, with fans branding it the 'most insane show' of the year. The Hunting Wives premiered on the platform today, and is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by May Cobb. The eight-part series follows Brittany Snow as Sophie, a woman who moves from Boston to East Texas with her family, where she grows a little too close to a mysterious socialite and her group of wealthy friends. However, things take a turn when a dead body is discovered and the newcomer is warned that she has 'no idea what these people are capable of'. Malin Åkerman, Dermot Mulroney, Chrissy Metz and Katie Lowes also make up the star-studded cast. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Despite only being out a matter of hours, fans and critics have flocked to social media to rave about the latest addition to Netflix's slate. Journalist David Opie tweeted: '#TheHuntingWives is the rare kind of trash that knows exactly what it is and revels in it. 'It's hard to make a show seem this shallow, but still be so entertaining (complimentary). Brittany Snow is great, but Malin Akerman is perfection and their chemistry is GAY gay. I love it.' Lee commented: 'The Hunting Wives is kind of a mess with questionable writing but Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman are constantly serving.' '#TheHuntingWives is the most insane show I have watched all year,' Reporter Max Gao praised. 'I devoured all eight episodes last week and genuinely felt bereft by the end of the season. This show is a soapy good time – outrageous characters, wild plot twists, and *so many* intimate scenes.' Over on Reddit, user Yammersss cheered: '2 episodes in, it's super trashy fun. Malin Akerman's character is a riot, and Brittany Snow is a nice girl who's about to break bad.' The official synopsis reads: 'Sophie trades city life for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit – where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.' Author May, who served as executive producer on the adaptation, recently shed light on the series in a new interview, insisting there is more to it than the 'rich people behaving badly' trope we've been inundated with. 'It really is like escapist fun, but it's also grounded with a small-town murder mystery, which gives it some more gravity,' she told Marshall News Messenger. 'So, it's not just like rich people behaving badly. 'There's some other serious elements brought in. I think that makes it a very gripping and riveting show to watch. There's a cliffhanger at every turn. There's secrets, lies, betrayal. It's got it all.' More Trending Sharing how close the show stayed to her book, she added: 'It is very similar. The book is a good blueprint for what the creators of the show went and did. 'I feel like they took the spirit of the book, and they really made it into this very juicy, binge-worthy, eight-episode series that's just beyond my wildest dreams, to be perfectly honest. 'Even though there's differences, I applaud all the differences, and I'm so excited about it because it all still just really does feel like it celebrates the book and that spirit of rowdy Texas women behaving badly in the pine forest.' The Hunting Wives is available to stream on Netflix now. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: TV soap legend Eileen Fulton died aged 91 MORE: TNA Slammiversary sees WWE icon, 48, return to calls for 'one more match' MORE: Ellen DeGeneres admits major problem she'd face if she launched UK talkshow
