Prime Video simply dropped the primary trailer for “We Had been Liars,” and should you have been anyplace close to Tumblr or BookTok prior to now decade, you already know this one has a grip on individuals.
E. Lockhart’s best-selling novel turned an enormous hit due to its haunting prose, twisty plot, and that ending nobody noticed coming. Now, it’s getting the TV therapy and hits Prime Video on June 18.
Each summer time, the rich Sinclair household gathers on their non-public island, the place their seemingly good life hides cracks beneath the floor. When teenage Cadence suffers a mysterious accident, she turns into decided to uncover the reality about what actually occurred. Even the premise alone has satisfied me so as to add it to my watchlist.
Emily Alyn Lind takes on the position of Cadence Sinclair, the primary character and narrator of the story. At first, all of it appears to be like like a dreamy summer time escape with a splash of romance (assume “The Summer time I Turned Fairly” vibes) nevertheless it doesn’t take lengthy for issues to shift into one thing a lot darker and extra unsettling.
Lockhart’s novel got here out in 2014 and shortly turned a favourite amongst teen readers, incomes it a spot on the New York Times YA bestseller list for more than 40 weeks.
Followers of the e-book already know what to anticipate. The story builds slowly, with bits of reminiscence and emotion slipping by way of the cracks. This trailer provides simply sufficient to stir that acquainted feeling: a golden summer time, the beautiful individuals with good lives, and that bizarre sense that one thing’s not fairly proper.
Whether or not you’ve learn it or not, it appears to be like just like the present might hold us guessing throughout.
‘We Had been Liars’ on Prime Video — right here’s what we all know
Together with the trailer and launch date, Prime Video additionally launched an official synopsis: “Primarily based on the best-selling novel by E. Lockhart, We Had been Liars, the sequence follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit internal circle, nicknamed the Liars, throughout their summer time escapades on her grandfather’s New England non-public island.
“The Sinclairs are American royalty — identified for his or her beauty, previous cash, and enviable bond — however after a mysterious accident adjustments Cadence’s life perpetually, everybody, together with her beloved Liars, appears to have one thing to cover.”
The whole eight-episode restricted sequence might be accessible to stream beginning June 18, 2025, solely on Prime Video, and might be accessible in over 240 international locations and areas.
Lind stars as Cadence Sinclair, with Shubham Maheshwari enjoying Gat, Esther McGregor as Mirren Sinclair, and Joseph Zada portraying Johnny Sinclair. The grownup forged consists of Caitlin FitzGerald as Penny Sinclair, Mamie Gummer as Carrie Sinclair, Candice King as Bess Sinclair, Rahul Kohli as Ed, and David Morse as Harris Sinclair.
“We Had been Liars” is written and government produced by co-showrunners Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie. Emily Cummins, Brett Matthews, Pascal Verschooris, and creator E. Lockhart additionally function government producers for the sequence.
There’s additionally an opportunity Plec will adapt the prequel novel as nicely, which dives into the hidden historical past of one other era of the Sinclair household. In a latest interview with Deadline, she teased the potential for season 2, which might discover extra of the storyline from Household of Liars:
“I feel followers of the e-book are going to be very, very completely satisfied, as a result of I feel we hit all of the marks and all of the beats that the e-book does, after which additionally increase the universe.
“Layers upon layers upon layers to actually make the grownup characters actually nuanced and actually multi-layered, and to set the stage for season 2, which theoretically goes to take us deeper into the mothers’ lives as nicely and add one other era to the story.”
For many who haven’t learn the e-book but, don’t be tempted to look up extra plot particulars on-line. The twists and turns in “We Had been Liars” are finest skilled with out realizing what’s coming. If you happen to’re curious, it’s positively price going into the present blind, as discovering the thriller together with the characters is half the enjoyable.
With a chilling new trailer that teases loads of darkish secrets and techniques and emotional twists, “We Had been Liars” is shaping as much as be a must-watch subsequent month, and I do know I’ve already added it to my watchlist.
“We Had been Liars” debuts on Prime Video on June 18. Within the meantime, see what got added to the platform in May 2025 for extra streaming suggestions.
