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Prime Video's 'Things We Never Got Over' adds six actors to cast

Prime Video's adaptation of Lucy Score's novel 'Things We Never Got Over' has added six cast members, joining three previously announced leads. Trade outlets report the same casting and production details.

3 outlets · 2L · 1C · 0R First reported Account updated
Image: Deadline
Image: Variety
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Left · 3Prime Video's series adaptation of Lucy Score's novel "Things We Never Got Over" has added six cast members, according to Variety, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter. Mixed · 2The new cast members are Sean Teale as Lucian, Sarah Jeffery as Sloane, Megan Stott as Waylay, Lili Simmons as Lina, Anthony Keyvan as Stef and JoBeth Williams as Liza J. Mixed · 2They join previously announced leads Molly Griggs, Matthew Noszka and Tommy Martinez.

Left · 2The Hollywood Reporter says the streamer announced the additions on Monday morning; Variety notes the series was originally announced in June. Left · 2The official logline follows runaway bride Naomi Witt (Griggs), who arrives in the town of Knockemout, Virginia, expecting to rescue her estranged twin (also Griggs); instead her sister disappears, leaving her with a niece she never knew existed, including local sheriff Nash Morgan (Martinez) and his grumpy brother Knox Morgan (Noszka). Left · 3Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, whom Deadline identifies as creators of Ringer, wrote the pilot and are showrunners and executive producers; Gina Girolamo executive produces through Strega Stories, and Amazon MGM Studios produces.

Left · 3Score's credit is described differently: Variety says she is an executive producer, while Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter call her a co-executive producer. Mixed · 2The book is the first in Score's Knockemout trilogy; Deadline calls it a New York Times bestseller and one of the most-read Kindle Unlimited titles since its 2022 release, with sequels completing the trilogy in 2023. Left · 1Variety adds context that Amazon has had success with novel-series adaptations such as Reacher, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Bosch.

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Left2 outlets

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Straightforward casting announcements listing the new actors, roles and credits, with the logline and production team.
Emphasis
Variety places the series in Amazon's run of book-adaptation hits; The Hollywood Reporter stresses the streamer's announcement and exclusive streaming.
Leaves out or plays down
Neither mentions the book's Kindle Unlimited or bestseller record or the Ringer credit of the showrunners.
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“decidedly grumpy but infuriatingly sexy”
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“Amazon has found great success in recent years with TV adaptations of novel series.” — Variety
“will stream exclusively on Prime Video.” — The Hollywood Reporter

Centre1 outlet

Framing
Casting news led by the actors' credits, with emphasis on the source novel's popularity and the showrunners' earlier work.
Emphasis
The book's bestseller status and the showrunners' Ringer background.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not say when the series was first announced or that it streams exclusively on Prime Video.
Charged language
“decidedly grumpy but infuriatingly sexy”
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“is a New York Times bestseller and one of the most-read titles on Kindle Unlimited since its release in 2022” — Deadline
“from Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder” — Deadline

Right0 outlets

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