Amazon Studios Orders New Drama “Things I Know to Be True” with Academy and Emmy Awards Winner Nicole Kidman to Star and Executive Produce

Amazon Studios announced today that it has picked up the gripping new drama Things I Know To Be True, starring and executive produced by Academy and Emmy Award winner Nicole Kidman under her Blossom Films banner. Things I Know To Be True is from Amazon Studios, NBCUniversal International Studios’ Matchbox Pictures and Blossom Films, in association with Jan Chapman Films. NBCUniversal International Studios is a division of Universal Studio Group. The series will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Based on the award-winning play by Andrew Bovell, Things I Know To Be True is about the resilience of an enduring marriage and the evolving nature of a family’s love, as Bob and Fran Price watch their adult children make unexpected decisions which change the course of their lives.

Things I Know To Be True is written by Bovell, who will also serve as executive producer. Kidman will also serve as executive producer for Blossom Films, along with Per Saari. Amanda Higgs and Alastair McKinnon are executive producers for Matchbox Pictures. Jan Chapman is executive producer for Jan Chapman Films.

Kidman said: “I’ll never forget the experience I had watching Andrew’s play in Sydney, having one of those transcendent theater experiences. Andrew’s play is exquisite and his scripts for the series are just as good. With Amazon’s belief, Jen Salke’s guidance, and an extraordinary producing team, we have big hopes for what this can be.”

“This is a story about family, that thing you spend your life trying to escape from only to yearn for what you’ve lost if you ever do,” said Bovell. “I’m thrilled that an actor of Nicole Kidman’s calibre leads the series in the role of Fran Price. As a mother and a woman she is complicated, difficult and utterly compelling. I’m also thrilled that a company of Amazon Studios’ significance has shown such confidence in the story and will take it to a global audience.”

“Thing I Know To Be True is a wonderfully complex and intense emotional journey exploring what pulls a family apart and tests the very bonds of love that unite them,” said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. “We are grateful to Andrew and to our partners for landing this on Prime Video, and are always so pleased to build on our slate with Nicole and Per and everyone at Blossom.”

“Our driving force at Matchbox is to tell stories for a global audience rooted in the richness of Australian talent,” said McKinnon. “It is thrilling to be in partnership with Nicole Kidman and the Blossom team alongside the combined creative forces of Andrew Bovell, Amanda Higgs and Jan Chapman. Together with the support of Amazon Studios, we know that we have something very special.”

ABOUT BLOSSOM FILMS:

BLOSSOM FILMS, founded by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari, is a lateral thinking production company that believes in taking risks on the stories and writers they love. Since its inception in 2010 and their first film, Rabbit Hole, which garnered Kidman an Academy Award nomination, Blossom has been dedicated to fostering creative autonomy and championing artists. Their most recent success comes from executive-producing seasons one and two of Big Little Lies, HBO’s groundbreaking series, which garnered eight Emmy nominations and five wins for season one, including Best Actress for Kidman and Best Miniseries or Television Film. Blossom’s next project is The Undoing, a limited series for HBO, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier, which is currently on air. They are currently in development on several other projects including the television adaptation of Janelle Brown’s Pretty Things, with Reed Morano attached to direct, as well as pre-production on projects such as the television adaptation of Janice Lee’s best-seller The Expatriates, with Lulu Wang directing all episodes. They are currently in production on the TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s latest best-selling novel Nine Perfect Strangers.

ABOUT MATCHBOX PICTURES:

Matchbox Pictures is a prolific film and television production company with offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, Australia. It makes world-class content for a global audience. Its credits include leading international adult dramas Stateless, The Heights, Glitch, Safe Harbour, Seven Types Of Ambiguity, Secret City, Wanted and The Slap; and children’s dramas Nowhere Boys and Mustangs FC. Matchbox is currently in production on a new eight-part drama Clickbait, for Netflix. Matchbox also produces non-scripted shows including franchise titles The Real Housewives of Melbourne and Sydney and feature films. Matchbox is one of the most credentialed and awarded producers in Australia. It has won International Emmys, Prix de Jour, a BAFTA and multiple AACTAs (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards) and Logies.

An NBCUniversal International Studios company, Matchbox Pictures has produced more than 55 titles, working every network in Australia as well as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and the BBC.