‘The Perfect Couple’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Dakota Fanning May Be Murderers After a Destination Wedding Goes Awry

Nicole Kidman just cannot escape the beach — and murder.

No, this isn’t “Big Little Lies” Season 3 (yet). This novel adaptation, “The Perfect Couple,” is from beach read queen Elin Hilderbrand, and Kidman’s character just might be a matriarch out for murder …

Kidman leads the Netflix series based on the novel of the same name. The streaming version of “The Perfect Couple” will reunite Kidman and her “The Undoing” director Susanne Bier. Jenna Lamia adapted the book for the screen and serves as showrunner.

The official synopsis reads: “Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson) is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury (Kidman), has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect.”

Yes, including Kidman. Her husband Tag Winbury (Liev Schreiber) may or may not have a few secrets of his own.

Billy Howle is the groom Benji, with Meghann Fahy as the maid of honor Merritt. Dakota Fanning plays the Winbury’s daughter-in-law Abby, who is married to Benji’s brother Thomas (Jack Reynor). The third son is Will (Sam Nivola).

Ishaan Khatter plays Shooter Dival, the groom’s best friend, while Isabelle Adjani is Isabel Nallet, a family friend. Michael Beach is Dan Carter, the chief of police, whose daughter Chloe (Mia Isaac) is also part of the case. Donna Lynne Champlin plays Nikki Henry, the detective.

“Babygirl” actress Kidman told L’Officiel that her “The Perfect Couple” character is an “inscrutable survivor” who was a “surprising” person to play.

“Greer is the matriarch. She’s tough, but she’s a mother bear,” Kidman said. “She’s very protective of her sons; she’s very bright, and very complicated.”

Kidman added of her limited-series TV reign, “I’ve fallen in love with the long format because I like the building of character and I like that they’re limited. You’re not committing a huge amount of time. It’s still got a cinematic feel to it. It’s more like a slow burn than a film, where you only have two hours to tell your story and build a character.”

Author Hilderbrand is executive producing the series, along with Lamia, Shawn Levy for 21 Laps Entertainment, Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady for The Jackal Group, Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, and Josh Barry.

“The Perfect Couple” premieres September 5 on Netflix. Check out the trailer below and read the full guide to the series here.