Official Trailer for ‘The Better Sister’ Thriller Series with Biel & Banks
by Alex Billington
April 30, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Keeping secrets, and leading double lives. This is what your family is about.” Prime Video has unveiled an official trailer for a tricky new mystery thriller series titled The Better Sister, adapted from the bestselling book. “Every family has a history.” This will be streaming on PV at the end of May – coming up sooner than you think. A new series lead by the powerhouse duo Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks caught up in a peculiar murder case. Based on Alafair Burke’s book, The Better Sister is about Chloe, a high-profile media exec living a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband and son Ethan, while her estranged sister Nicky struggles to make ends meet. But when Chloe’s husband Adam is murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting these two sisters. His death unveils long-hidden family secrets, shaking their world. Starring Biel & Banks, with Corey Stoll, Kim Dickens, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, plus Matthew Modine and Lorraine Toussaint. This is a damn good trailer – sets up a massively intriguing thriller, with a stacked cast too. It looks terrific.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Prime Video’s series The Better Sister, direct from YouTube:
The Better Sister, adapted from the novel written by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-ep electric thriller limited series for streaming about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history in order to discover the truth behind his death.
The Better Sister is a new streaming series created by writers / filmmakers Olivia Milch (writer & director of Dude, and a writer on Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (“Sons of Anarchy”, “The Strain”, “Russian Doll”, “Cabinet of Curiosities”, “Tulsa King”). Adapted from the book of the same name written by Alafair Burke. With writing by Ariel Doctoroff, Brittany Dushame, Lauren Stremmel, Olivia Milch & Regina Corrado. And featuring episodes directed by Leslie Hope, Azazel Jacobs (The Lovers, French Exit, His Three Daughters), and Craig Gillespie (Fright Night, I Tonya, Cruella, Pam & Tommy, Dumb Money). Produced by Tomorrow Studios and Amazon MGM Studios. Executive produced by Olivia Milch, Regina Corrado, Craig Gillespie, Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Alissa Bachner, Kerry Orent, Annie Marter, Michelle Purple. Amazon will debut The Better Sister streaming on Prime Video starting May 29th, 2025.