Kidman and Witherspoon are executive producers as well as stars on Big Little Lies, so this was quite a coup for them. After she hugged herself gently, Witherspoon said she called David

Kidman and Witherspoon are executive producers as well as stars on Big Little Lies, so this was quite a coup for them. After she hugged herself gently, Witherspoon said she called David E. Kelley and said, "You better write me good scenes with Meryl Streep!"

Along with Streep, Kidman and Witherspoon, Big Little Lies will welcome back Laura Dern, James Tupper, Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott, Iain Armitage, Jeffrey Nordling, Zoë Kravitz and possibly Alexander Skarsgård in some capacity. The new season was written by Kelley based on a story by original Big Little Lies novel scribe Liane Moriarty. Andrea Arnold is directing every episode.