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When Nine Perfect Strangers was first released on Hulu in 2021, it generated a spectacular buzz with its unconventional take on trauma, wellness, and transformation. Nicole Kidman’s seasoned portrayal of Masha Dmitrichenko, a mysterious Russian wellness guru, had captivated everyone’s attention. Not to mention, the star-studded ensemble cast was a big bonus.

Fast-forward to 2025, and the highly anticipated second season is finally here; this time with a whole new cast, a stunning European backdrop, and an even more emotionally complex narrative. Here’s everything you need to know about Season 2 of everyone’s favorite healer.

Where to watch Nine Perfect Strangers, episode count & schedule

Nine Perfect Strangers is back with a bang with Season 2. The series exclusively premiered on May 21st, 2025, on Hulu in the United States. The first two episodes of the series were dropped at the same time, giving fans an instant taste of what’s to come.

Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko is back for another somewhat shady wellness retreat in “Nine Perfect Strangers” Season 2.

After Season 1 featured stars like Samara Weaving and Melissa McCarthy at Tranquillum, Masha moves her practice to an Austrian wellness center in Season 2, which is graced by the likes of Annie Murphy, Henry Golding, Christine Baranski, and King Princess, who makes their TV acting debut.

Keep on reading for a full breakdown of the new all-star cast in “Nine Perfect Strangers” Season 2.

Nicole Kidman in “Nine Perfect Strangers” (Disney/Reiner Bajo)

Nicole Kidman as Masha Dmitrichenko

Nicole Kidman reprises her role as Masha Dmitrichenko, who embraces psilocybin (a.k.a. magic mushrooms) as a way to help her guests heal from past traumas. She also self-prescribes the psychedelics to herself, as she overcomes the loss of her daughter.

Kidman is best known for starring in movies like “Moulin Rouge!” “The Hours” and...

When the news broke that Goldeneye and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell had been hired to helm Green Lantern, it inspired a huge amount of confidence in the DC Comics adaptation. The 2011 movie had a lot going in its favour, but was ultimately a disappointment.

Very little about it worked; the special effects were subpar, the story was all over the place, and most agreed that Ryan Reynolds was miscast as the heroic Hal Jordan (Blake Lively also struggled to impress as Carol Ferris).

Talking to The Direct, Campbell reflected on the experience of shooting Green Lantern and revealed the one thing he believes would have made the movie "great."

"Oh, it's fair enough. You know, look, people didn't like it. It failed, right? I was the director, so, you know, obviously I take the heat for it, which is fine," he said of the response to the movie. "But all I can say is,...

After an intriguing start getting to know the new recruits in Masha’s experiment, Nine Perfect Strangers season 2, episode 2 focuses on a connection to one character. It turns out two people knew of or met Brian when they were younger.

Caution: This post contains Spoilers for Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 episode 2.

The episode opens back in 2014, giving us a look at Masha’s personal connection to Zauberwald. This is where she came straight after the death of Tatiana, and she started on a journey of psychedelic use. It’s no wonder that Helene wanted her back here and that they were already so close. Their relationship is surely more than just a working one.

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Four years after “Nine Perfect Strangers” first debuted in 2021, the Hulu series is back for another installment, with Nicole Kidman at the helm.

Kidman reprises her role as wellness guru Masha Dmitrichenko, whose unique therapy method — drugging her guests with magic mushrooms without their knowledge — caused quite a lot of drama, and likewise, much self-discovery for guests of her wellness retreat in Season 1. Masha returns in a wintry new locale for Season 2 with a new group of guests, played by Annie Murphy, Henry Golding and Christine Baranski, to name a few.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new season.

When does “Nine Perfect Strangers” Season 2 premiere?

The new season debuts Wednesday, May 21, with a two-episode drop.

Where can I watch it?

“Nine Perfect Strangers” is available to stream on Hulu, as well as Hulu on Disney+.

When do new episodes come out?

Episode 1: Wednesday, May 21

Episode 2: Wednesday,...

Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko is back with nine new strangers as guests in a new wellness retreat she will host in Season 2 of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, based on the book by Liane Moriarty.

Announced in June 2023, the second season of the drama series comes nearly four years after the arrival of Season 1 in August 2021. For the Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 release schedule rollout, find more details below.

When does Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 premiere? Where is Nine Perfect Strangers streaming?

The second season arrives on Hulu on Wednesday, May 21.

How many episodes are in Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2?

Season 2 will have eight episodes, just like Season 1. The first two will premiere May 21, with one new episode rolling out weekly from their until July 2. The full rollout of new episodes is as follows:

Wednesday, May 21: Episodes 1 & 2: “Zauberwald” & “Jessie”

Wednesday, May 28: Episode 3

Wednesday, June 4: Episode 4

Wednesday,...

While Hulu series “Nine Perfect Strangers” used Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name as the backbone of the Nicole Kidman-led series, Season 2 prompted the team — led by creator David E. Kelley — to go off-book as they crafted the second act of Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko.

Moriarty, who did not write a follow-up book to “Nine Perfect Strangers,” gave the team her blessing for a second installment of the series, which was renewed by Hulu for a Season 2 in June 2023, well after Season 1 first premiered in 2021. And since “Nine Perfect Strangers” first premiered nearly four years ago, EP Bruna Papandrea noted psilocybin (a.k.a. magic mushrooms) have been embraced tenfold, opening the door for countless stories unlocking past traumas.

“There’s no underlying material at all, no ongoing story,” Papandrea told TheWrap, noting that Season 2 picks up with Masha’s past controversies having been written about and publicized heavily.

Nicole Kidman's returning mystery thriller show on Hulu, Nine Perfect Strangers, has debuted to a disappointing critics score on Rotten Tomatoes after a divisive first season. Based on the 2018 book by Liane Moriarty, season 1 focuses on the exploits of guests at the health and wellness resort Tranquillum House in California, where they uncover mysteries about themselves and the center's founder, Masha Dmitrichenko (Kidman). While season 1 is based on the book, Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 sees the show take an anthology approach as new guests arrive at Tranquillum House, where new mysteries are set to unfold.

However, according to Rotten Tomatoes, critics have mixed thoughts on the new series. As of writing, Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 holds a 45% critics score on the site, based on 11 reviews. This is lower than season 1, which already holds a 59% critics score and 59% audience score. While the newest season has received mixed reception, it seems...

Nine Perfect Strangers marked Nicole Kidman's second Liane Moriarty adaptation after Big Little Lies, which premiered in 2021 as a limited series. Following its initial success, Hulu renewed the show for a second season, turning it into an anthology.

Kidman is officially back as resort director Masha Dmitrichencko with a series of brand-new guests. The series wasn't a big hit with the critics or the audience for the first season, and the second continues the same unfortunate trend. Ahead of its May 21 release on Hulu,Nine Perfect Strangers debuted with an unfortunate 44% score from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

The initial season followed nine guests arriving at a health and wellness resort called Tranquillum House, set in a fictional town in California. At the resort, the guests undergo unconventional healing and transformation through unsafe and illegal ways. The second season will take an anthology approach with a similar premise and...

No one expected Nine Perfect Strangers to receive a second season. What felt like a self-contained miniseries based on The New York Times best-selling book by Liane Moriarty certainly didn't warrant a second outing, although the green light was given, and fans could anticipate the return of Nicole Kidman's mysterious Masha Dmitrichenko. In fact, Masha would be the only character set for a return, as higher-ups hoped that a shake-up in the cast would help critical and public opinion change for the better a second time round, following mixed reviews the first.

Alas, that doesn't seem to have happened, with the first reviews now in on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, and the early scores are even worse than last time. Season 1 of the series currently holds a 59% rating from both critics and audiences, which, although far from impressive, is at least higher than both Holland and Babygirl's audience scores,...

HBO will submit four cast members from The Penguin for Emmy consideration, Gold Derby has confirmed.

Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobb, aka the Penguin, is entering the Best Movie/Limited Series Actor category, as expected. Earlier this awards season, the Irish actor prevailed at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for playing the villainous DC Comics character. A victory at the Emmys would complete his sweep of top awards. A former Oscar nominee for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), this would be his first career Emmy bid.

Cristin Milioti as Sofia Gigante (née Falcone) is being submitted for Best Movie/Limited Series Actress. She won the Critics Choice Award for this role, but lost at the Golden Globes to Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country) and at the SAG Awards to Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer). Milioti could receive her first two career Emmy noms this year,...

We could all use a little healing, and sometimes you have to use unconventional means to achieve serenity. That’s the philosophy of Masha Dmitrichenko (Nicole Kidman), a glamorous wellness guru who invites the wealthy and emotionally brittle to indulge in yoga, detoxes and micro-dosing, whether they like it or not. After the, uh, success of her previous retreat, she has moved shop to the Alps and invited a new group of seemingly unconnected strangers to the snow-covered mountains to receive her help.

Their consent to such treatment is, as always, optional.

Hulu had a major hit with “Nine Perfect Strangers,” becoming its most-watched original programming of all time upon its premiere. Of course, that meant a follow-up would be greenlit, even though it was initially intended as a miniseries. Fortunately, this is a concept that lends itself well to an anthology format: take a bunch of dramatic rich people,...

As a self-proclaimed president of the David E. Kelley fan club, I found the first season of Nine Perfect Strangers to be a stunning disappointment, especially considering the talent involved, both in front of and behind the camera. How many shows can boast a cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, and Luke Evans?

The result was a story that wandered aimlessly from character to character, plot point to plot point, and episode to episode, with no real purpose other than to showcase bizarre, head-scratching connections that felt more contrived than authentic. However, at the very least, the freshman outing was highly watchable—perfect for bingeing on Hulu.

I’m pleased to announce Nine Perfect Strangers’ second season is a much stronger effort. Kelley embraces his roots by emphasizing the bond between character development and eccentric storylines, which serves the season well. The individual mysteries concerning...

Plot: Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.

Review: Four years ago, Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, Nine Perfect Strangers, became a pulpy summer hit for Hulu. With an ensemble cast that included Regina Hall, Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Shannon, and Nicole Kidman, the drug-fueled thriller blended some dark comedic elements within a mystery set in the remote Australian wilderness. While the David E. Kelley-created series was based on a standalone novel, the success allowed the door to be opened for a sophomore season. With Kidman returning as Masha in an all-new European location, Nine Perfect Strangers...

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If you loved the thrilling psychological drama, brilliantly written characters, and the twisted story in Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, then get ready for some more as the Nicole Kidman-led mystery thriller drama series is returning to Hulu for its much-anticipated Season 2. Based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, the Hulu series is created by David E. Kelley, and the upcoming Season 2 will follow Masha Dmitrichenko as she hosts another wellness retreat with nine new strangers, but this time it will be held in the Austrian Alps. So, if you’re also looking forward to watching the second season of Nine Perfect Strangers, then you can find the complete release schedule of the series below.

Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Hulu

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Nearly four years after the first season of Nine Perfect Strangers, Nicole Kidman’s mysterious guru Masha is back for a second season, with a whole new batch of visitors.

This time the show is set in the snowy Alps and Christine Baranski, Henry Golding, Murray Bartlett, Annie Murphy, Mark Strong, King Princess and Dolly de Leon are among those playing the wellness-seekers at Masha’s retreat.

At the show’s Los Angeles premiere on Thursday, Kidman — who also serves as an executive producer — said she didn’t initially plan for there to be a second season, with the first having been based on Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name and the second now “coming out of imagination.”

“The first season we were so shocked at how successful it was, so when Hulu came and said ‘Please, please will you do a second season?’ I was like, ‘Wow,...

Nicole Kidman is returning for season two of Nine Perfect Strangers and she joined the show’s new cast members at a red carpet premiere!

The Oscar-winning actress joined co-star Henry Golding at the red carpet event on Thursday night (May 15) at the Beverly Estate in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Also in attendance were co-stars Murray Bartlett, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Aras Aydin, Lucas Englander, Mark Strong, and Lena Olin.

The series is based on the book of the same name by Liane Moriarty, and will debut the new season this summer, nearly four years after the first debuted. Watch the first trailer now and catch the premiere on May 21 on Hulu.

Here’s a season two synopsis: Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps.

HBO and the newly re-minted HBO Max have announced what the Emmy submissions are for the final season of cult favorite “The Righteous Gemstones” and the premiere season of the sprawling TV spin-off “Dune: Prophecy” to IndieWire exclusively. The entries include Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, respectively.

The former series, created by and starring Danny McBride, has the HBO all star up for consideration for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series alongside Emmy winner John Goodman, who plays the patriarch on the series about a world-famous televangelist family. Rounding out the rest of the family members are Edi Patterson for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Adam DeVine, Tim Baltz, and Walton Goggins for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Cassidy Freeman and Jennifer Nettles for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Arden Myrin will be submitted for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her...

Two of the stylishly violent spy comedies in the Kingsman franchise are finding new life on Hulu, over ten years since the first film made its debut. The movies are based on the Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons comic book series of the same name.

FlixPatrol reports that two Kingsman movies are charting high on the Top Movies on Hulu worldwide list for May 14, 2025. The Secret Service is currently #3 on the charts, with its sequel, The Golden Circle, taking the #2 spot. The only movie performing better than the Kingsman franchise on Hulu right now is Summer of 69, the newly-released Hulu original starring Chloe Fineman and Sam Morelos.

Kingsman: The Secret Service was released theatrically in early 2015, launching the film series that follows Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton) as he is recruited by Harry Hart (Colin Firth) into a secret spy organization known as Kingsman. The film was critically acclaimed for its dark humor,...

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Portrayed by Natalia Reyes, the embattled mom paralleled Sarah's story (at least we thought it did) with Sarah initially believing her to be the newest mother of humanity's savior following the death of John Connor. However, it is later revealed that Dani is, in fact, the new John, and is destined to be the one to pick up the mantle and lead humanity against the machines, with Sarah as her mentor. MovieWeb recently caught up with Reyes amid the release of her latest action film, Shadow Force, also starring Kerry Washington,...

Kerry Washington has certainly kept busy in Hollywood ever since Scandal bowed out on ABC, but its edgy legacy lives on. The Emmy-winning actress and producer recently discussed how her iconic Olivia Pope persona changed the way Hollywood perceived her. And we're here to say that the work she's tackled in recent years is evidence enough of that. Washington's latest on-screen effort, a project she also produced, is the action-packed film Shadow Force, which is out now in theater and sees her wielding hefty guns and saving loved ones all at once. MovieWeb recently caught up with the celebrated performer, who also took time to reflect on Scandal, sharing that she stays in touch with the beloved cast and crew, and teasing a project in the future.

"We're all still very close. We have a Scandal chat on WhatsApp," Washington told us. "We just had a [Shadow Force] screening in LA,...

Kerry Washington has certainly kept busy in Hollywood ever since Scandal bowed out on ABC, but its edgy legacy lives on. The Emmy-winning actress and producer recently discussed how her iconic Olivia Pope persona changed the way Hollywood perceived her. And we're here to say that the work she's tackled in recent years is evidence enough of that. Washington's latest on-screen effort, a project she also produced, is the action-packed film Shadow Force, which is out now in theater and sees her wielding hefty guns and saving loved ones all at once. MovieWeb recently caught up with the celebrated performer, who also took time to reflect on Scandal, sharing that she stays in touch with the beloved cast and crew, and teasing a project in the future.

"We're all still very close. We have a Scandal chat on WhatsApp," Washington told us. "We just had a [Shadow Force] screening in LA,...

Just in time for Mommy Appreciation Day, Kerry Washington has just the movie for you. It has romance, it has family values... and it even has guns blazing. No, not figuratively. Fresh off her leading turn in Tyler Perry's The Six Triple Eight for Netflix, the Emmy-winning actress is back in action for another film where she means business. This time around, however, it's a little more fun, despite the hard R-rated violence and tense drama surrounding her embattled character's perpetual drive to protect her son.

From Lionsgate, Shadow Force sees Washington starring opposite the reliably appealing Omar Sy (Lupin). They play a pair of elite international assassins on the run from their former employer who has placed a $25 million bounty on their heads for ditching their organization to start a family. What a nerve. MovieWeb recently caught up with Washington to learn more about her exciting new action...

Let’s face it: Family life and being members of an elite assassination squad just don’t mix.

It’s hopefully a problem to which few readers can relate, but it afflicts the central characters of Joe Carnahan’s new action film, which quietly snuck into theaters without advance screenings. Kerry Washington and Omar Sy play Kyrah and Issac, who used to be members of the titular organization until they made the mistake of falling in love and having a baby. They’ve since gone rogue, but in a modern manner: Issac stays home and cares for their young son Ky (Jahleel Kamara, adorable), while Kyrah remains in the field to eliminate the many assassins who’ve been assigned to kill them for their transgression. As Issac explains to his son, he and Kyrah used to be bad guys, doing “God’s dirty work” around the globe before they realized...

Rule number one of running a secret, dangerous special forces group? Don’t fall in love with a coworker. Of course, that seems to be the easiest rule to break.

And that’s exactly what Kerry Washington and Omar Sy do in “Shadow Force,” their new film directed by Joe Carnahan. In it, they play two operatives who led an organization known as the Shadow Force, but when they fell in love and had a kid, they went into hiding.

Of course, no one can stay hidden forever, right? Here’s everything you need to know about the film.

What is the release date?

“Shadow Force” releases in theaters nationwide on May 9, 2025.

Is it streaming?

It is not. For now, you can only see “Shadow Force” in theaters and you can find showtimes near you here. We’ll keep you posted on when and where it’ll be streaming when the time comes.

At the outset, Shadow Force positions itself as a portrait of exile and allegiance: ex‑shadow operatives turned family on the run (one sentence logline). It wears the trappings of a high‑stakes spy thriller—gunmetal skies, clandestine radio chatter—yet pulses with the quiet anxieties of domestic drama.

Joe Carnahan—whose résumé boasts Smokin’ Aces and Boss Level—returns to familiar territory, trading gritty grain and blown‑out hues for a muted palette that feels less “artistic choice” than “entirely color‑blind” (an occasional downside of modern streaming aesthetics given theatrical release). Kerry Washington anchors the film as Kyrah, a mother driven by equal parts ferocity and guilt; Omar Sy’s Isaac pairs paternal warmth with calibrated lethality; and Mark Strong’s Jack Cinder looms as a cynical patriarch of bureaucracy and bullets.

The opening tableau is deceptively serene: Isaac teaching five‑year‑old Ky to hum Lionel Richie...

Plot: An estranged couple with a bounty on their heads must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.

Review: Joe Carnahan‘s name really used to mean something in the action space. And I’d argue that he still does to some extent (with a ton of anticipation for his recently wrapped Affleck/Damon flick Rip). And I love that Kerry Washington is getting into the world of guns and mayhem. Sadly, their latest film, Shadow Force, fails to get me excited for either’s output in the genre, as it’s a pale retread of better films.

I was shocked by how much of Shadow Force consists of characters simply talking. When the whole plot is “former shadow ops are hunted down by their former team/employer” you expect a lot more action.

When a now-defunct celebrity couple attempted to make like Nick and Nora Charles meets “Mission: Impossible” in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” two decades ago, the high-concept, high-budget results were a mixed bag — which didn’t stop them from being imitated ever since. The latest duo to step into similar matching marital bulletproof vests is Kerry Washington and Omar Sy, playing globetrotting “elite special operators” now hiding from their former colleagues in “Shadow Force.”

It takes a certain esprit to pull off this kind of bombastic yet larky star vehicle. Joe Carnahan’s film provides passable diversion for a couple hours, but the fun to be had is limited by uninspired action staging, less-than-sparkling dialogue and a maudlin streak of the “It’s about family!!” type. Lionsgate’s theatrical release looks likelier to find its primary audience once it reaches home formats.

Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy) are a couple who met on the job.

If you know anything about Shadow Force, you’ll probably only know the badly over-photoshopped faces of Kerry Washington and Omar Sy, the corny font, and the basic design of the poster at your local movie theater. It seems like the type of film you can easily skip because if you’ve seen one terrible action flick, you’ve seen them all. For Shadow Force, think again. What lies underneath the cheap marketing is a surprisingly fun, exciting action flick with strong performances and a nice pace.

Shadow Force Review

Joe Carnahan has made a career out of ridiculous action flicks. Boss Level was a surprising standout in a deeply bland and frenetic library. Between this and the Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Steven Yeun starrer Rip that releases later this year on Netflix, Carnahan’s career is looking up.

Kerry Washington as Syrah and Jahleel Kamera as Ky in Shadow Force.

Released in 2002, Narc features late actor Ray Liotta in one of his most memorable roles. After 23 years, the writer and director of the film, Joe Carnahan, opened up on working Liotta.

Co-starring Jason Patrick alongside Liotta, Narc followed two detectives, who don't exactly do things by the book, investigating the murder of an undercover police officer. Looking back at the film in an interview with Grae Drake of Cbr to promote his newest movie, the action thriller Shadow Force, Caranahan recalled one particularly memorable moment on the set. While filming a scene with Liotta, Carnahan felt for the first time that he'd really made it with his career as a filmmaker.

"I mean, listen, Ray was a gem," Carnahan said. "When he did that scene in the car, in Narc, talking about his wife, it was the first time I felt like I was a filmmaker, you know, like I was a director.

Manners maketh man! And it seems like fans are going back to the mantra by revisiting the Kingsman franchise as it's reigning on Hulu charts. The British franchise is a brilliant lighthearted spin on the spy genre, full of humor, heart, and a lot of action. The movies have some brilliant performances and thrilling plots, so, no doubt fans are streaming the beloved films.

Kingsman: The Secret Serviceis at the top of the charts, followed by The Golden Circle. The other movies in the top 5 also have the story of the galaxy far far away with Star Wars at #3, and The Empire Strikes Back at #5. Sitting between them is Jude Law’s The Order.

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ScreenRant can exclusively reveal new images for the upcoming film Shadow Force. The new action-thriller is about an estranged couple who must go on the run with their son to avoid being murdered by those set to kill them and claim the bounty on their head. The movie is directed by Joe Carnahan and features Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Jahleel Kamara, Mark Strong, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Ed Quinn. Carnahan co-wrote the script with Leon Chills.

Now, ScreenRant can exclusively reveal new images from Shadow Force. This set of four images gives a closer look at Washington and Sy in their lead roles. In one image, the couple embraces, looking at each other with smiles on their faces. In another, supporting actor Randolph walks outside a market labeled "La Central Plaza de Mercado.

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Warfare is a war survival thriller drama film co-written and co-directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza’s experiences of the Iraq War, the 2025 film follows a platoon of American Navy SEALs after a surveillance mission goes wrong, leaving them to fight against insurgent attacks to survive. Warfare stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Noah Centineo, and Michael Gandolfini. So, if you loved the intense war drama, eye-opening brutality, and compelling characters in Warfare, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Prime Video ha desvelado el primer tráiler de la segunda temporada de Nine Perfect Strangers, creada por David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies).

En esta nueva entrega, la Casa Tranquillum queda atrás. Ahora nos encontramos en Zauberwald, en los Alpes austriacos, donde nueve perfectos desconocidos son invitados por la misteriosa gurú Masha Dmitrichenko a participar en un retiro de bienestar transformacional. A lo largo de una semana, Masha los lleva al borde del abismo, dispuesta a cualquier cosa con tal de curar a todos los implicados, incluida a ella misma.

Salvo Kidman como Masha, ninguno de los miembros del reparto que estuvo en la primera temporada regresa. Se unen, así, a la serie Henry Golding (Daniela Forever), Lena Olin (El astronauta), Annie Murphy (Black Mirror), Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), Lucas Englander (Parlamento), King Princess (V Wanna Know), Murray Bartlett...

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The Austrian Alps are in for some intense psychedelic therapy when nine new strangers visit Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko at Zauberwald.

Hulu’s TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s best-selling novel returns for a second season this spring with a cast of new characters and a new setting compared to the nine visitors last season at Tranquillum House in the fictional town of Cabrillo, California.

Read on for everything we know about Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2:

When will Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 come out?

Season 2, previously teased for a spring release window, will arrive May 21, 2025 on Hulu with the fist two episodes premiering.

How many episodes will be in Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers?

There will be eight episodes in Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers. After the first two premiere May 21, one new installment will arrive per week.

Who is in the cast of Nine Perfect Strangers Season...

Prime Video has debuted the trailer for the upcoming season 2 of ‘Nine Perfect Strangers.’

Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Nicole Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.

The series stars Nicole Kidman, Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong and Aras Aydin.

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Nicole Kidman is back as Masha Dmitrichenko in the new Nine Perfect Strangers trailer!

The 57-year-old actress and executive producer is the sole returning cast member for the upcoming second season of the Hulu series from David E. Kelley and John-Henry Butterworth.

The series is based on the book of the same name by Liane Moriarty, and will debut the new season this summer, nearly four years after the first debuted.

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Here’s a season two synopsis: Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.

Joining Nicole for season two are Henry Golding,...

Benito Skinner’s new series “Overcompensating” has an official trailer, with Lukas Gage, Megan Fox, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers added as guest stars.

Produced by A24, Strong Baby and Amazon MGM Studios, the college-set ensemble comedy follows a closeted former football player (Skinner) as he quickly befriends a high school outsider (Wally Baram) to fit in. The cast also includes Kyle MacLachlan, Charli Xcx, Connie Britton, Mary Beth Barone, Adam Dimarco and Rish Shah.

Additional guest stars include James Van Der Beek, Didi Conn, Rachel Matthews, Danielle Perez and Yasmine Sahid. The series is created, written and executive produced by Skinner with Jonah Hill, Matt Dines and Ali Goodwin executive producing for Strong Baby. Charli Xcx is executive producer and executive music producer.

All eight episodes of “Overcompensating” premiere May 15 on Prime Video. Watch the official trailer below.

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"You'll break everyone you try to heal!" "Stop it!" Hulu has unveiled the first official trailer for Season 2 of the popular streaming series titled Nine Perfect Strangers, made by TV writer David E. Kelley. The first season originally debuted back in 2021 during the pandemic, streaming on Hulu with 8 episodes. Nicole Kidman returns again as Masha Dmitrichenko – the Russian founder of the wellness resort, Tranquillum House. This year in 8 more episodes she's taking a new set of guests up to a wellness resort in the Austrian Alps. Nine stressed city dwellers head to a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation. The resort's director is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. "Will they make it? Will she?" In addition to Kidman, Season 2 stars Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong,...

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Julia Garner is under suspicion in creepy Weapons trailer

Weapons, the horror thriller from director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), got its first trailer, which introduces the highly anticipated film's story. One day, none of the kids in Mrs. Gandy's (Julia Garner) room show up to school, because at 2:17 the night before, they all left their houses and disappeared into the night. According to Cregger, the mystery is just the starting point. "By the midpoint, we've moved on to way crazier s--- than that," he told Entertainment Weekly. The cast also includes Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Weapons opens in theaters on Aug. 8.

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Nicole Kidman is coming back to "treat" those looking for some help in Nine Perfect Strangers season 2. The first season of the drama was released all the way back in 2021, and we're so ready for more. Thankfully, it's coming soon and Hulu has released a trailer to give us an idea of what to expect!

Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 premieres Wednesday, May 21, 2025 with the first two episodes on Hulu. After that, one new installment will be released each week until the finale on Wednesday, July 2. Just like the first season, this one in the anthology story will be 8 episodes long. Now who's ready to check out that trailer? We shared it below!

What stands out most and has me super excited is the cast! Season 1 had some stellar stars, that's for sure. And this season is no different. There's some of my personal favorite actors too, which is always fun to see.

Nicole Kidman welcomes a new class of wellness hopefuls in the trailer for Nine Perfect Strangers Season Two. This time around, she is not more equipped to help them relax and release than she was in Season One.

Madness and manipulation run rampant at a retreat in the Austrian Alps where Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko serves as the resort director. The group of attendees has been specifically chosen, but none of them seem to know what invisible string is tying them all together. Some feel as though they’ve met somewhere before,...

Hulu has dropped the official trailer for Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman reprising her role as unhinged wellness guru Masha Dmitrichenko, who brings nine new strangers together in the Austrian Alps.

The trailer opens with a voiceover revealing that the nine were “chosen under bizarre circumstances for a healing retreat.”

In addition to Kidman, the new Season 2 cast includes Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong and Aras Aydin.

Masha greets her guests for the first time in what appears to be a living room in a luxurious home, explaining,“I invited you all here because sometimes you shouldn’t deal with pain gently,” to which one guest, responds, “Wait, this is not a spa?”

“She’s going to bleach our brains, darling,” says Baranski’s character.

Taking the group back to their core memories,...

Nicole Kidman reprises her role as Masha Dmitrichenko in the second season of Nine Perfect Strangers, premiering May 22, 2025, on Prime Video. The series introduces a new cast and a dramatic change of setting, with the retreat now located in the Austrian Alps. The first two episodes will launch together, followed by weekly releases through July 3.

Originally debuting in 2021 and based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, the series centers on nine people attending a week-long wellness retreat led by Masha, an enigmatic figure whose methods often blur ethical lines. This season brings together Christine Baranski, Murray Bartlett, Mark Strong, Annie Murphy, Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Aras Aydin.

The new retreat, called Zauberwald, isolates the participants in a mountainous landscape far from familiar surroundings. As they undergo intense therapy sessions, including the use of psychedelics, tensions mount between personal revelation and the strain of the environment.

Hulu has just released the trailer for season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers. The series stars Nicole Kidman, Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong and Aras Aydin. The show hails from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films, and Fifth Season. Fifth Season is handling distribution on the series as well. The series is executive produced by David E. Kelley, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Molly Allen, Jonathan Levine, Rachel Shukert, Liane Moriarty, Matthew Tinker, Anthony Byrne and Jh Butterworth.

The official synopsis reads,

“Nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Nicole Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it?...

Hulu has revealed the official trailer and key art for Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2, which will premiere with two episodes on May 21, 2025. New episodes stream on Wednesdays leading up to the season finale on July 2.

Nine Perfect Strangers is back for season two as nine new strangers come together to undergo Masha’s psychedelic therapy at Zauberwald in the breathtaking Austrian Alps.

In the new season, nine new strangers connected in ways they could never imagine are invited by mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko (Nicole Kidman) to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps.

Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.

The series stars Nicole Kidman, Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon,...

A new group of strangers are ready to heal.

Hulu released the official trailer for season two of the Nicole Kidman fronted series Nine Perfect Strangers. Kidman reprises her role as mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko as she welcomes guests to a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. However, as she attempts to heal everyone, they’re taken to the brink, begging the question: Will they and she survive it all?

The second season also stars Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong and Aras Aydin.

The Hulu series finds a home in a snowy location for the second round, a departure from the Tranquillum House in California Masha once resided in. Just as in the first season, the nine strangers joining Masha undergo psychedelic therapy to heal their respective traumas but not without some initial hesitations.

Nine Perfect Strangers is finally making a TV comeback after nearly four years as Hulu‘s Nicole Kidman-led series gears up for Season 2. Originally debuting in 2021 and renewed for Season 2 in 2023, Nine Perfect Strangers finally has a return date set, an impressive ensemble cast lined up, and so much more for fans to look forward to. Scroll down for a peek into all the need-to-know details surrounding the show’s return. When does Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 premiere? Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers will officially debut on Hulu with two episodes on Wednesday, May 21. And new episodes are dropping weekly, each Wednesday, on the streamer. Hulu Who stars in Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2? Golding is among the Season 2 ensemble that includes returning star Nicole Kidman and series newbies Murray Bartlett, Christine Baranski, Annie Murphy, Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Aras Aydin, Lucas Englander, Mark Strong, and Lena Olin.

With less than a month until the premiere of the highly anticipated Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers, it's high time that we saw a trailer for it. This is why Hulu decided to finally unveil it today and provide a deeper dive into the kind of story that we can expect to see this time around. Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) returns as the mysterious guru Masha Dmitrichenko, who promises to transform the lives of a group of people at a wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. The new season debuts on May 21, and you can check out the trailer in this article.

The trailer welcomes nine new characters who have been carefully selected to isolate themselves in one of the coldest spots in the world. Masha now means business with her hair, and if the trailer is any indication, she will pull out all the stops to terrorize (or heal?) the lives of every guest.