Melissa Fumero’s career is blossoming…
NBC has released the first look trailer of the newtork’s upcoming drama series Grosse Pointe Garden Society, starring the 42-year-old Cuban American actress.
The series hails creator Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Universal Television.
“Here’s what they don’t tell you when you join a garden club,” begins a sneak peek trailer. “To make something grow, something has to die.” Segue to “I can’t believe we’re burying a body.”
Written by Bans and Krebs, Grosse Pointe Garden Society follows four members of a suburban garden club — Birdie (Fumero), Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), Brett (Ben Rappaport) and Catherine (Aja Naomi King) — who find their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret – a murder no one wants to talk about. As dark truths begin to rot their lives under the surface, they struggle to remain as perfect as the flowers blooming in their garden above.
Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis, Matthew Davis and Felix Wolfe also star.
The series is somewhat reminiscent of Desperate Housewives, which involved a mysterious murder, a suicide and a load of suburban secrets.
Bans and Krebs serve co-showrunners and executive producers alongside Casey Kyber. Maggie Kiley directed and executive produces with Bans via her Minnesota Logging Co., Krebs and Casey Kyber. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Grosse Pointe Garden Society premieres on Sunday, February 23 on NBC.
