{"id":620963,"date":"2026-09-11T02:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620963\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T02:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:02:12","slug":"kennedy-ryans-before-i-let-go-gets-peacock-series-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620963\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Ryan’s ‘Before I Let Go’ Gets Peacock Series Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter several years in development, a series based on author Kennedy Ryan\u2019s novel Before I Let Go<\/a> has scored a series order at Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe romantic drama comes from sibling studios Universal Global Television and Universal TV. Ryan and Malcolm D. Lee<\/a> created the series and co-wrote the pilot episode. Attica and Tembi Locke (From Scratch), who have a first-look deal at Universal TV, will serve as showrunners and writers on the series. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe best-selling Before I Let Go is the first novel in Ryan\u2019s three-book Skyland series. It centers on a divorced couple, Yasmen and Josiah Wade, who are still drawn to each other. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGetting the chance to bring the Skyland series to life onscreen is a dream come true. I\u2019m excited about what this remarkable team is creating,\u201d Ryan said in a statement. \u201cCo-writing the pilot with Malcolm D. Lee and now imagining this world with Attica and Tembi is more than I even knew to ask for. These characters have meant so much to so many readers, and none of this would be possible without the people who have supported my work for years. I\u2019m incredibly grateful and excited to find a new audience for these books that have changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Lee, \u201cFrom the time I read Kennedy Ryan\u2019s Skyland series, I was fully engaged in the lives of these characters and invested in their outcomes. Adapting the pilot with her has been an absolute treasure to experience and we plan on bringing all the feels to her fans and her new TV family. To be able to pass the baton to Attica and Tembi Locke is an absolute dream for this powerhouse team. Can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPeacock acquired Before I Let Go for development in 2023. Along with Ryan, Lee (via his Blackmaled Productions) and Attica and Tembi Locke, the show\u2019s executive producers are Dominique Telson for Blackmaled, Mike Jackson and John Legend of Get Lifted Film Co. and Debra Martin Chase.<\/p>\n

\n\tLee has previously worked with Peacock on The Best Man: The Final Chapters and developed Jasmine Guillory\u2019s novel Drunk on Love at the streamer with the Locke sisters.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the description for Before I Let Go: \u201cTheir love was supposed to last forever, but when life dealt Yasmen and Josiah Wade back-to-back devastating blows, they realized love can\u2019t solve everything. The life they created fell apart \u2014 divorce and shared custody followed. Now, Yasmen is finally starting to find joy, but proximity to Josiah keeps the embers hot despite reopening old wounds. They are beginning to wonder if they\u2019re truly ready to let go of everything they once had. Is it too late to find forever? Or could the second time around be even better?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe could not be more thrilled to bring Kennedy Ryan\u2019s Skyland series to life,\u201d said Attica and Tembi Locke. \u201cWe love and feel uniquely suited to bring books about love, family and healing to screen. To do the work with the incredible team on Before I Let Go\u00a0is a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded Jackson and Legend, \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud of the powerful script Kennedy and Malcolm D. Lee have written, and we\u2019re thrilled to have Attica and Tembi Locke guiding the series as showrunners. Their extraordinary storytelling, emotional intelligence and deep understanding of these characters make them the perfect creative partners to bring this world to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRyan is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, BookEnds Literary Agency and Granderson Des Rochers. Lee and Blackmaled Productions are repped by IAG and Del Shaw. Attica Locke is with UTA, 3 Arts and Myman Greenspan. Tembi Locke is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and Yorn Levine. Get Lifted is with UTA and Del Shaw. Chase is repped by CAA and Del Shaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After several years in development, a series based on author Kennedy Ryan\u2019s novel Before I Let Go has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[263698,93,61,60,263699,8048,282],"class_list":["post-620963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-before-i-let-go","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-malcolm-d-lee","tag-peacock","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}