How to Kill Your Family: Everything We Know So Far

If you are a bookworm, chances are that you have already heard of the trending bestseller “How to Kill Your Family.” As morbid as the name is, the novel has gained enough traction that Netflix is all set to create an 8-episode series.

Starring Anna Taylor-Joy in the lead role, the show is going to follow Grace, according to Bella Mackie’s novel. Whether or not the series will follow the plot of the book to the T or stray from it would be a question for the future.

To take a closer look into all the details, we have sorted all the insights about How to Kill Your Family, until now.

When is How to Kill Your Family Releasing?

How to Kill Your Family is reportedly going to be a limited series on Netflix. While the show’s production is already underway and things have been confirmed to be released soon, there seems to be no available information about the exact release date yet.

The showrunners and the creators have not shed any light on when to expect the series on Netflix just yet. However, given the hype that’s already been created around it, we can expect a potential 2025 release. 

What can we expect from How to Kill Your Family?

How to Kill Your Family is based off of Bella Mackie’s novel of the same name. So, if you have already read the novel, chances are that you already know what it is about.

The official synopsis suggests that the show will follow Grace, a 28-year-old, who is also the forgotten child of a billionaire named Simon Artemis. There are a lot of highs and lows in her life but a merciful rejection leads to Grace wanting revenge. Whether she continues and loses out on more or decides to stop and avenge what’s left is what the show’s plot will focus on.

In the book, you come to know that Grace’s father didn’t fulfil Grace’s mother’s dying wish, which leads to Grace killing six people in her family. That’s pretty much all that we know about the plot so far and while it might seem like the plot has been spoiled already, it hasn’t.

The show’s lead, Anna Taylor-Joy, in one of her interviews said that she seems to be quite excited about the show’s plot. In fact, during the screen testing and the initial period of reading the script, Anna said that she read the last page of the script and wanted to be part of the show.

Who is cast in How to Kill Your Family?

While Anna Taylor-Joy has been confirmed to be the lead character on the show, there appears to be no further insight regarding the remainder of the cast. We’d have to wait for the creators or the showrunners to give a hint regarding the other characters and cast to have a better idea of how things would shape up for the show down the line.