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Kylie Jenner set to star in Hulu thriller series Bachelorette Weekend

Deadline reports Kylie Jenner will headline and executive produce Bachelorette Weekend, a thriller drama for which Hulu is finalizing a straight-to-series order. Kim Kardashian is also an executive producer.

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Centre · 1Kylie Jenner is set to headline and executive produce Bachelorette Weekend (working title), a thriller drama for which Hulu is finalizing a straight-to-series order, Deadline reported. Centre · 2In the story, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride, played by Jenner, is found murdered in the pool and her closest girlfriends all become suspects; Deadline says Jenner's role is described as the series' 'North Star', as the show pieces together the events leading to the murder. Centre · 1Kim Kardashian is also an executive producer. The series was created and written by author and screenwriter Lauren Oliver and comes from Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, with Jaiden Kaplan co-executive producing; Kapital is co-studio with 20th Television.

Centre · 2The show is based on an unpublished book by Flora Collins, developed by Oliver's IP packaging company StoryGiants. Centre · 1According to Deadline, the spec script was sent to Kardashian to produce; she thought it a great starring vehicle for Jenner. Through Kardashian's first-look deal at 20th Television it was pitched to Hulu, which bought it preemptively and then took it off the market with a straight-to-series order that is still being negotiated. Centre · 1A Hulu representative declined to comment.

Centre · 2Both outlets present this as Jenner's first major acting role, following her sister Kim Kardashian into acting; TVLine calls it her first foray into series television, noting earlier credits as herself in a 2023 episode of The Simpsons and a voice role in 2021's Trolls Holiday in Harmony. Centre · 1Deadline adds that Jenner had a cameo in Charli XCX's A24 film The Moment, and that she and the wider family star in Hulu's The Kardashians, which returns for Season 8 on Oct. 8; Kardashian stars in Hulu's legal drama All's Fair.

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Deadline broke the news as an industry exclusive focused on the deal and its producers; TVLine summarised it in a casting roundup, framing it as another Kardashian family member moving into acting.
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Deal structure and producing credits (Deadline); Jenner's acting résumé and family link to Kim Kardashian (TVLine).
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TVLine does not mention that the series order is still being finalized or that Hulu declined comment.
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“North Star”“Lands First Starring Role”
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“EXCLUSIVE: Kylie Jenner is set to headline and executive produce Bachelorette Weekend (working title)” — Deadline
“another member of her famous family is getting into the acting game.” — TVLine

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