Netflix has today given a series order to the original drama series Grown Ups inspired by the novel by Marian Keyes. Production on the eight-episode first season has begun today in Dublin, Ireland.
Set in south county Dublin, the series will follow the chaotic lives of the Casey clan, a noisy, tight-knit Irish family, who are bound together by a tangled web of loyalty, resentment, money, memory, and love. When the rock of the family, the "good son" dies unexpectedly, it sets off a seismic emotional reckoning. Over the course of the next year, the Caseys will fall in and out of love, confront old wounds and make some new ones. They'll be forced to face not only their grief, but the exhausting, relentless, and often ridiculous struggle of being an adult. Despite their age and responsibilities, the Caseys are far from grown up.
The drama will star Sarah Greene, Barry Ward, Aisling Bea, Robert Sheehan, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Adrian Dunbar, Sinéad Cusack, Karin Hanczewski, James Agnew and Katelyn Rose Downey.
Samantha Strauss (Apple Cider Vinegar) developed the drama. She will executive produce with Keyes, Helen Gregory, Andy Noble, Shay Spencer, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Liz Watts and director James Griffiths. Simon Gillis is a co-executive producer and Liz Gill is a producer. See-Saw Films will produce.
"I know I'm not alone in being obsessed with every word Marian Keyes has ever written," said Strauss. "It is a true life highlight to be trusted with her characters as we bring the Casey family and the world of Grown Ups to Netflix."