{"id":367349,"date":"2026-04-07T05:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T05:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:39:07","slug":"count-my-lies-tv-show-adaptation-news-updates-everything-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367349\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Count My Lies’ TV Show Adaptation News & Updates: Everything We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn the vein of the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of Frieda McFadden\u2019s The Housemaid comes a new buzzy adaptation Count My Lies<\/a>, based on the book by Sophie Stava.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn television form, the story, starring Lindsay Lohan<\/a>, Shailene Woodley<\/a>, Kit Harrington<\/a>, Katherine LaNasa<\/a> and more will unfold with a similar premise.<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on for everything we know about Count My Lies.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen will Count My Lies come out?<\/p>\n

\n\tA release date has not yet been set for the series.<\/p>\n

\n\tWho is in the cast of Count My Lies?<\/p>\n

\n\tLohan was the first to board the project<\/a> in her television debut role. She is expected to play the charismatic Violet, who hires Woodley\u2019s character, Sloane Caraway. Woodley was cast next<\/a> as the compulsive liar who lands a job in Violet\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

\n\tKit Harrington will play Jay Lockhart, Violet\u2019s husband. Deadline broke the news that The Pitt star Katherine LaNasa<\/a> will portray Shailene Woodley\u2019s character\u2019s mom, Tracy.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat is Count My Lies about?<\/p>\n

\n\tCount My Lies\u00a0is Stava\u2019s debut novel. Published by Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on March 4, 2025, it was the\u00a0GMA\u00a0Book Club pick for that month. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe plotline for the TV show reads, \u201cWhen compulsive liar Sloane Caraway (Woodley) fibs her way into a nanny position for the gorgeous and charismatic Violet (Lindsay Lohan) and Jay Lockhart (Kit Harington), it seems she\u2019s finally landed her dream job. But little does Sloane know, she\u2019s just entered a household brimming with secrets that are about to explode \u2014 with potentially catastrophic consequences for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWho is behind Count My Lies?<\/p>\n

\n\tFormer This Is Us executive producers and co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger are behind the show, which will go to Hulu<\/a> as a result of their overall deal with 20th Television. Via The Walk-Up company, the duo serve as showrunners and executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso executive producing are Lohan, Woodley and Scott Morgan of The Walk-Up Company. Author Stava also serves as a producer. 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios, where Aptaker and Berger are under an overall deal, is the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the vein of the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of Frieda McFadden\u2019s The Housemaid comes a new buzzy adaptation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[192666,156,107120,95067,100397,111,139,69,22305,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-367349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-count-my-lies","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-katherine-lanasa","11":"tag-kit-harrington","12":"tag-lindsay-lohan","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-shailene-woodley","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}