With a title like this one, of course it’s a darkly comedic murder mystery.
Amazon MGM Studios has ordered to series Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, based on the book series by Benjamin Stevenson. Penn Badgley will star. The series will be available on Prime Video.
“I’m thrilled to be partnered with FIFTH SEASON and Made Up Stories in bringing Ben’s heartfelt and darkly hilarious whodunit to life,” showrunner and executive producer David Hemingson said. “And we are so lucky to have Penn as our lead. I can’t think of any actor better suited to bring Ern’s intensity, brilliance and hilariously dry sense of humor to life.”
Of the adaptation of his work, Stevenson said, “I am blown away by the vision and enthusiasm everyone has for bringing this book, and Ernest Cunningham, to the screen. Penn perfectly captures Ern’s clueyness and cleverness, and David has brought bags of wit and heart to the script. With the passion of Amazon MGM Studios, Bruna and Steve behind us we have an absolutely killer team, and I can’t wait to solve a murder with them!”
Added Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios, “Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone is a brilliantly inventive series that subverts the murder mystery genre in the most unexpected and entertaining ways. Ben created a world that is darkly funny and wickedly clever. Paired with David’s sharp storytelling and Penn’s magnetic presence, and with our incredible partners at FIFTH SEASON and Made Up Stories, this series is going to be something truly special for Prime Video.”
Read on for everything we know so far about Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, from the cast to the plot and a premiere date and more.
When does Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone premiere?
It’s too soon to speculate, since the series order just came on Thursday, August 27. Chances are it won’t be before 2027.
Is Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone based on a book?
Yes! The book of the same name is the first in Stevenson’s hit series, the Ernest Cunningham Mysteries. He’s currently writing the fifth.
Benjamin Stevenson (Penguin Random House Australia 2025)
Who stars in Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone?
So far, only Penn Badgley’s casting has been announced.
Hemingson executive produces alongside Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, and Jeanne Snow of Made Up Stories, Molly Allen, and Badgley. Author Stevenson also serves as an executive producer. The series is produced by FIFTH SEASON and Made Up Stories, who both serve as the studio.
What is Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone about?
The logline reads: “Set deep in the dense mountains of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the series follows Ern Cunningham (Badgley), a mystery-writing expert who reluctantly attends a family reunion to welcome his brother Michael home from prison — the same brother Ern helped convict. When a frozen body appears and a snowstorm traps everyone inside, the deaths begin to mount. Everyone in his family has already killed someone – either by accident or otherwise.”
Is there an Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone trailer?
Not yet.