Today, Prime Video revealed the premiere date and first look of the highly anticipated series The Better Sister, starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, with six images of the thrilling crime drama. All eight episodes of the limited series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios) will premiere on Thursday, May 29, 2025 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
The Better Sister, based on the book by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
The series stars Jessica Biel as “Chloe Taylor,” Elizabeth Banks as “Nicky Macintosh,” Corey Stoll as “Adam Macintosh,” Kim Dickens as “Detective Nancy Guidry,” Maxwell Acee Donovan as “Ethan Macintosh,’ Bobby Naderi as “Detective Matt Bowen,” Gabriel Sloyer as “Jake Rodriguez,” Gloria Reuben as “Michelle Sanders,” with Matthew Modine as “Bill Braddock,” and Lorraine Toussaint as “Catherine Lancaster.”
Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) are executive producers and showrunners. Series director Craig Gillespie (Pam & Tommy) and Annie Marter are executive producers through Fortunate Jack Productions alongside executive producers Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, and Alissa Bachner through Tomorrow Studios (One Piece), Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Purple, and Kerry Orent. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios).
