--- description: It’s happening: HBO’s not-so-limited series Big Little Lies is getting a second season. title: Big Little Lies Will Return for a Season 2 With a Big Change image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58590ec5492b8000/6988f46f8fd2ee747b359f18/big-little-lies-kidman-witherspoon-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Big Little Lies_ Is Coming Back for a Prayer-Answering Season 2, But There's One Major Change ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Most of the cast is expected to return for the new season_ by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2017 8:35 PM CUT by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2017 8:35 PM CUT It’s happening: HBO’s not-so-limited series _Big Little Lies_ is getting a second season. But there’s going to be a major change behind the scenes. While Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are re-teaming as producers and stars of the dark comedy, and creator David E. Kelley is also coming back to write and produce the new season, the show’s director is changing. During season 1, Jean-Marc Vallée (_Dallas Buyers Club_) shot all seven episodes. For the second season, Andrea Arnold (_Transparent_, _American Honey_) is taking over. “It gives us the opportunity to delve deeper into the lives of these intriguing and intricate Monterey families and bring more of their stories back to the audience who embraced and championed them,” Witherspoon said. “I’m beyond excited to be working with talented and acclaimed director Andrea Arnold who will be at the helm. Andrea’s unique storytelling style will be a welcome addition to the filmmaking team.” Added Kidman: “This is inspired by the overwhelming response by audiences around the world … What a journey this has been. I’m so grateful to have this opportunity to keep exploring these female characters and make this series with my friends.” HBO adds that most of the cast is expected to return, with negotiations currently underway. In addition to Witherspoon and Kidman, season 1 of _Big Little Lies_ costarred Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz, and Adam Scott, among others. The first season followed the storyline in the _Big Little Lies_ bestselling novel by Liane Moriarty, yet also ended on a bit of a cliffhanger. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/08/big-little-lies-season-2-director/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/"},"headline":"Big Little Lies Is Coming Back for a Prayer-Answering Season 2, But There's One Major Change","datePublished":"2017-12-08T20:35:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:41.742Z","description":"Most of the cast is expected to return for the new season","url":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58590ec5492b8000/6988f46f8fd2ee747b359f18/big-little-lies-kidman-witherspoon-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58590ec5492b8000/6988f46f8fd2ee747b359f18/big-little-lies-kidman-witherspoon-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"big-little-lies-kidman-witherspoon-1","caption":"Big Little Lies","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/","name":"Big Little Lies Is Coming Back for a Prayer-Answering Season 2, But There's One Major Change"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Most of the cast is expected to return for the new season","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5056844/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```