Prime Video is set to release its mystery thriller series, “We Were Liars,” on June 18, and they were kind enough to send over a new trailer to share. This new footage showcases the upcoming release of the adaptation of the  E. Lockhart novel, which sees all eight episodes dropping on the streaming service when it premieres.
Co-writers and showrunners are Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Legacies”) and Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico, “The Originals”), who have turned the Lockhart book into the new Prime show hailing from Universal Television and Amazon MGM Studios.
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A lineup of actors among the show’s cast consists of Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence Sinclair Eastman, Shubham Maheshwari as Gat Patil, Esther McGregor as Mirren Sinclair Sheffield, Joseph Zada as Johnny Sinclair Dennis, Caitlin FitzGerald as Penny Sinclair, Mamie Gummer as Carrie Sinclair, Candice King as Bess Sinclair, Rahul Kohli as Ed Patil, and David Morse as Harris Sinclair.
The series’ official synopsis, courtesy of Prime Video:
“We Were Liars” follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed the Liars, during their summer escapades on her grandfather’s New England private island. The Sinclairs are American royalty—known for their good looks, old money, and enviable bond—but after a mysterious accident changes Cadence’s life forever, everyone, including her beloved Liars, seems to have something to hide.
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Others among the executive producing team besides Plec and MacKenzie are Emily Cummins (“The Endgame,” “Vampire Academy”) at My So-Called Company, Brett Matthews (“Legacies”), Pascal Verschooris (“The Vampire Diaries”), and Lockhart. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, published the original novel.
You can watch that trailer for “We Were Liars” below and get excited for the show’s release in only two weeks.