'Big Little Lies' Season 2 'Looking at June' Premiere, Nicole Kidman Says

Now that HBO has revealed “Game of Thrones” will be returning for its eighth and final season in April — though the official premiere date is still TBD — it’s high time the premium cabler tells “Big Little Lies” fans when they’ll get Season 2 of their fave series. Except maybe “BLL” star Nicole Kidman already beat them to the punch.

Kidman — who plays Celeste on HBO’s adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel — made a quick appearance alongside her husband on CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” Dec. 31, and dropped what she believes to be the premiere month for the sophomore installment of “Big Little Lies.”

“June, I think. We’re looking at June,” Kidman said when Cohen asked her when we can expect the second season to premiere. “We’re still in the midst of editing it, but, um, thanks for asking ’cause we’re glad that people are excited about it.”

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HBO declined TheWrap’s request for comment on a June premiere date for Season 2.

Kidman added: “The reason we did [a second season] is because audiences were like, ‘You have to do a second season!'”

The actress is referencing how the show was originally intended as a limited series, as it wrapped up its initial seven-episode run in April 2017 pretty much where Moriarty’s novel left off. But viewers loved the show so much that HBO decided to renew it for another year.

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As executive producers in addition to their on-screen roles, Kidman and Reese Witherspoon were the first announced to return for Season 2, along with Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling, Iain Armitage, Kathryn Newton, Robin Weigert, Sarah Sokolovic and Merrin Dungey. Even Alexander Skarsgård (who played Celeste’s now-deceased husband, Perry) is expected to appear in “some capacity,” according to TV Line.

And then there is newcomer Meryl Streep, who will appear on television for the first time since 2003’s “Angels in America” to play Perry’s mother, Mary Louise Wright, who arrives in Monterey over worry about her mourning grandchildren.

David E. Kelley will write and executive produce the second season, as he did the first. But Season 1 director Jean-Marc Vallée (who retains an EP credit) will be replaced by Andrea Arnold.

'Big Little Lies' Loose Ends: 6 Questions Left Unanswered in the Finale (Photos)

HBO's limited series "Big Little Lies" ended with the climactic murder resolved in Sunday night's finale, but that didn't mean it all tied up in a neat bow. Click through to explore the storylines that didn't get resolved:
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Madeline never told Ed she cheated on him.

In the second-to-last episode, Reese Witherspoon's character came close to 'fessing up about her affair with community play director Joseph Bachman (Santiago Cabrera). But, alas, Ed's (Adam Scott's) big reaction scene may never come to pass. Plus, in the finale, there's a scene with Joseph and Madeline fighting. Does Joesph still love Madeline? Tori (Joseph's wife, played by Sarah Sokolovic) obviously knows it's her who he had the affair with, but the two never face off again.
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We didn't get to see enough of Jane and Tom.

Jane (Shailene Woodley) and coffee guy Tom (Joseph Cross -- who, surprise, isn't gay) have a twisted first date at the big costume gala, and we see Jane crying into his arms after the murder. But will the duo get together for real? Can Jane trust a man again? We might have to use our imaginations.
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Amabella and Max are suddenly BFFS at the beach.

One of the biggest questions on the show--who was hurting Amabella?--was answered in the finale. It was Max, one of Celeste's (Nicole Kidman's) twin boys. The two kids are seen playing on the beach with all of the others as if nothing ever happened. Also, how did the teacher really never notice?
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Madeline convinced Abigail to quit her "project," but the parenting squad is still at odds.

Nathan still can't shake his need to be better than Ed (Adam Scott) at Elvis impersonations, and Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) and Ed can't shake their awkward run-ins. (Ed accidentally spilled a drink on her dress.) But Bonnie and Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) seem to be friends now that they witnessed a murder together. Is Abby (Kathryn Newton) happy still living with her dad Nathan (James Tupper) and Bonnie, or does she miss living with her ma Madeline and hubby Ed?
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The detective kept clicking her Zippo.

The dark fairytale ending played out on a sunny Monterey beach with all the leading ladies and their children playing in idyllic fashion. But one thing is left unanswered as Detective Adrienne Quinlan (Merrin Dungey) looks on, clicking that lighter, suspecting a coverup. If there is indeed a Season 2, the murder case is still, most definitely, wide open.

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But wait, was that Skarsgard's real penis?

More of a fan curiosity than a plot hole, we still don't know whether that was Alexander Skarsgard's real penis in Episode 6: "Burning Love."

Also Read: Was That Alexander Skarsgard’s Real Penis on ‘Big Little Lies’? Fans Need to Know
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Fans may never get closure from these subplots (spoilers!)

HBO's limited series "Big Little Lies" ended with the climactic murder resolved in Sunday night's finale, but that didn't mean it all tied up in a neat bow. Click through to explore the storylines that didn't get resolved:

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'Big Little Lies' Loose Ends: 6 Questions Left Unanswered in the Finale (Photos)

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