Hulu’s Premiere Date For Sally Rooney’s ‘Conversations With Friends’ Adaptation Set For This May

‘Normal People’ Author Sally Rooney brings us another dazzling television adaptation with her 2017 debut novel, ‘Conversations With Friends.’ We couldn’t be more excited to watch this compelling story unravel as a drama series.

Adaptations Fiction Pop Culture Recommendations

According to Variety, Hulu’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends will premiere on May 15, 2022. Besides being a fan favorite, the fiction novel’s adaptation has been long-awaited after the success of Rooney’s previous television adaptation of her second novel, Normal People, in 2020. Conversations With Friends was Rooney’s debut novel in 2017. The book brought her critical acclaim along with the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award. Rooney has earned her flowers as an author and screenwriter. Rarely do we love the book’s screen adaptation as much as the novel itself, but Normal People was such a hit that we couldn’t be more excited for this next project.

Conversations With Friends

Irish author Sally Rooney reintroduces our favorite characters in Conversations With Friends with a new Hulu drama series. The novel was published in June 2017 by Faber and Faber. Rooney’s ability to convey the complexities of modern relationships through witty writing and brutally self-aware characters makes her work stand alone. Her nuances in writing set her apart from other fiction novel writers. Her debut novel was nominated for the 2018 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize and the 2018 Folio Prize and won the 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award. She has become one of the most talked-about novelists of her generation.

IMAGE VIA AMAZON

The Hulu Series Adaptation

We’ve officially marked the release date for Hulu’s Conversations With Friends series adaption in our calendars. So what can we expect from the series? Reported by Variety, the series will follow 21-year-old Frances played by Alison Oliver, who has remained best friends with her ex-girlfriend, Bobbi, played by Sasha Lee. At one of their poetry performances in Dublin, these two friends meet an older writer named Melissa (Jemima Kirke) from the literary scene. They develop a deeper bond with the writer and her actor husband Nick, played by Joe Alwyn. An intense and complicated love story unfolds in this meet-cute.

IMAGE VIA CONCRETE PLAYGROUND

While Melissa and Bobbi play coy with one another, Nick and Frances begin to have a serious affair. The complex nature and dynamic of their relationships will test them differently. Frances and Bobbi are forced to face the unwarranted boundaries of their vulnerability. This series tests the strength of love in relationships and what exactly it means. The Conversations With Friends series was directed by Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures. It’ll be interesting to see how Rooney’s novel-writing translates into her second drama series.

First Look

We thought we couldn’t be more excited to hear the news until Hulu released the show’s official trailer. The series will reveal the novel’s main complex themes of love, affection, and friendship. There’s no doubt that loyal readers will be enthralled by watching these twenty-somethings dive deep into their relationships. This clip is our first look at the book’s adaptation. Watch the full trailer below.

We look forward to seeing Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends on our screens. We know we’ll make critical comparisons to the book in every episode, but we have high hopes that Rooney will deliver just like she did with the series Normal People. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the premiere on May 15, 2022 on Hulu.

If you’re looking for more book to screen adaptations, keep reading here!

FEATURED IMAGE VIA CONCRETE PLAYGROUND