Jennifer Garner to Executive Produce, Star in ‘The Five-Star Weekend’ Book Adaptation at Peacock
Jennifer Garner has a new TV show in the works. The Golden Globe-winning actor is starring in and executive producing Peacock’s adaptation of author Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 novel, The Five-Star Weekend. Ahead, get details on what it will be about. Hint: Prepare for some seriously stunning shots of Nantucket.
Jennifer Garner stars, executive produces in the ‘The Five-Star Weekend’ at Peacock
In a press release on Jan. 27, 2025, Peacock announced Garner, 52, is executive producing and starring in the streamer’s adaptation of Hilderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend book. It comes on the heels of Netflix’s adaptation of Hilderbrand’s book, The Perfect Couple, at Netflix in 2024.
Produced by UCP, Garner’s joined by Bekah Brunsetter as creator, writer, and executive producer. Beth Schacter will also write and executive produce. Additionally, Sue Naegle and Ali Krug are executive producing through Dinner Party Productions. Hilderbrand will also serve as executive producer.
Per Deadline, The Five-Star Weekend got the green light at Peacock when Garner signed on as star and executive producer.
Garner plays a food influencer marking the different stages of her life in ‘The Five-Star Weekend’
For those who don’t devour Hilderbrand’s books during a day at the beach—ahem, this writer—she’s known for telling stories set at the beach. Most often, Nantucket, Mass., which is unsurprisingly where The Five-Day Weekend takes place.
Hollis Shaw (Garner) is a successful food influencer who, despite how picture-perfect her life might seem online, is going through a difficult time. Following a devastating loss, she attempts to find herself and overcome her grief by celebrating the different stages of her life.
How? By inviting friends or “stars” from various stages of her life—childhood, 20s, 30s, etc.—to her Nantucket home for the weekend with the addition of one surprise “star.”
“Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed,” per the streamer’s press release.
As The Five-Star Weekend is in the early stages of production, there are no casting details, trailer, or release date. Until then, fans can read Hilderbrand’s book and check out Garner’s other work based on books such as Apple TV’s The Last Thing He Told Me.
