Peacock has gotten the All Her Fault band again collectively for an additional female-driven, novel-based thriller restricted collection, The Break-In. The streamer has greenlighted the venture, written and government produced by All Her Fault creator/government producer Megan Gallagher and produced by Carnival Movies, the corporate behind the hit Peacock restricted collection starring Sarah Snook.
This marks Peacock’s first new scripted collection pickup in additional than a yr, since Mike Schur and Amy Poehler’s Dig and Seth MacFarlane’s Ted: The Animated Collection have been greenlighted in early Might 2025.
The Break-In is tailored from the home thriller novel by Katherine Faulkner. Within the aftermath of a devastating residence invasion, Alice Rathbone refuses to just accept that the tragic occasion was merely random. Determined for solutions, Alice begins pulling at threads and shortly finds a path of darkish secrets and techniques that spiral nearer to residence than she might ever have imagined.
Carnival Movies’ Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant government produce alongside Christine Sacani and Faulkner. Carnival Movies is a part of Peacock sibling Common Worldwide Studios, a division of Common Studio Group, which is the studio on the collection.
Launched in November, All Her Fault, which Gallagher tailored from the novel by Andrea Marabe, grew to become Peacock’s greatest unique launch to this point, amassing 45 million hours seen in its first 4 weeks.
Whereas All Her Fault was conceived as a restricted collection and advised a whole story, fixing the case of Marissa’s (Snook) lacking son, its sturdy scores triggered hypothesis that Peacock might prolong it within the vein of different profitable restricted collection which have spawned follow-up installments equivalent to HBO’s True Detective, The White Lotus and Massive Little Lies, Netflix’s Beef and Apple TV’s Presumed Harmless.
By April, chatter intensified {that a} second season of All Her Fault was being written. Work was certainly underway on what turned out to not be a brand new season or a sequel however a non secular successor to All Her Fault, The Break-In.
“After the breakout success of All Her Fault, we knew we wished to proceed constructing on that inventive momentum with Megan Gallagher and Carnival Movies,” mentioned Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Content material, NBC & Peacock “The Break-In is strictly the type of subtle, character-driven thriller our audiences are responding to proper now – tales that faucet into the zeitgeist by exploring the strain between notion and actuality. Katherine Faulkner’s story is a compelling, addictive journey and a fantastic instance of the premium storytelling we’re persevering with to construct at Peacock.”
The Oslo-based, American-born Gallagher created, wrote, and government produced the Critics Selection and Golden Globe-nominated All Her Fault, which additionally stands as Sky’s highest-performing drama of 2025. Gallagher was author and government producer on BBC’s psychological crime thriller Wolf. Her upcoming tasks embody The Blame, an ITV drama starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Sales space, on which she serves as lead author and government producer.
“We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Megan Gallagher and dealing alongside Peacock once more,” mentioned Marchant, Co-Govt Chair, Carnival Movies. “Katherine Faulkner has given us one thing genuinely propulsive to work with – a narrative that will get beneath your pores and skin and doesn’t let go.”
London-based Faulkner beforehand labored as an investigative reporter and editor and was Head of Information at The Occasions. She is the writer of The Different Moms and Greenwich Park.
“The Break-In is a narrative about motherhood, privilege and guilt, the devastating penalties of lies and the darkish secrets and techniques that may exist beneath the floor of even essentially the most seemingly excellent lives,” Faulkner mentioned. “I can’t wait to work with Megan Gallagher, Carnival Movies and Peacock to convey these characters and their secrets and techniques to life, and to introduce The Break-In to a complete new viewers.”
