Prime Video’s bringing Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & The Six to life in a limited series starring Riley Keough (The Terminal List) as Daisy and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise) as Billy Dunne, the lead singer/songwriter of The Six. The teaser trailer offers a taste of what’s in store and features “Regret Me,” one of the series’ 24 original songs.
Filling out The Six are Will Harrison as guitarist Graham Dunne, Suki Waterhouse as keyboardist Karen Sirko, Josh Whitehouse as bassist Eddie Roundtree, and Sebastian Chacon as drummer Warren Rojas. The limited series’ cast also includes Camila Morrone as Camila Dunne, Nabiyah Be as Simone Jackson, and Tom Wright as Teddy Price. Timothy Olyphant pops up in a guest-starring role as Rod Reyes.
Author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s fascination with the breakup of the Civil Wars in 2014, as well as Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s complicated relationship, helped fuel her interest in writing a novel about the destruction of a band at the height of their popularity.
In an interview with Marie Claire, author Taylor Jenkins Reid described Daisy Jones & The Six as being about navigating the world as a woman in a man’s world. “There are a lot of women in this story who are fighting for their right to be exactly who they are without judgment or control,” said Jenkins Reid. “I wanted to tell this story in Los Angeles, and I wanted to tell it during a period of time we know of as being a great time for rock.”
Jenkins Reid’s novel was one of Reese Witherspoon’s book club picks, and Witherspoon and her production company Hello Sunshine secured the rights prior to the novel hitting bookshelves.
“As soon as I started reading Daisy Jones & The Six, I immediately fell head over heels in love with it, and I’m thrilled to be bringing it to the screen with Amazon and Jen Salke, whose passionate pursuit of the material spoke volumes,” explained Witherspoon in July 2018. “With (Scott) Neustadter and (Michael H.) Weber, two writers I deeply admire, stewarding this project, I am so confident that Daisy and her band’s journey toward finding their voice will leave just as permanent a mark with viewers around the world as it did with me.”
Scott Neustadter and Will Graham serve as co-showrunners and executive produce along with Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine and Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion. Executive producer James Ponsoldt directed five episodes, Nzingha Stewart directed four, and Graham directed one.
The Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six is a limited musical-drama series detailing the rise and precipitous fall of a renowned rock band. In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world. Fronted by two charismatic lead singers — Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin) — the band had risen from obscurity to fame. And then, after a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they called it quits.
Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. This is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.
Grammy winning songwriter/producer Blake Mills executive produced the music from the series and recorded the band’s pivotal album, Aurora, with Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, and other collaborators at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA.
“Creating the library of music for Daisy Jones and The Six was an experience I’ll never forget,” said Mills. “I am grateful that, among other things, it afforded me an opportunity to collaborate with so many of my peers, and also some of my heroes.”
“We finally have Aurora. A stunning, nostalgic, timeless album that captures the drama, pathos, and yearning of the band’s zenith and nadir all in one. A snapshot of time, intoxicating and dangerous. That delicious moment that you know can’t last… Daisy Jones and The Six are real. And they are better than my wildest dreams,” said author Jenkins Reid.
Aurora will be released on Friday, March 3, 2023 on vinyl and across all DSPs.
DAISY JONES & THE SIX – AURORA TRACKLIST:
1. Aurora
2. Let Me Down Easy
3. Kill You To Try
4. Two Against Three
5. Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)
6. Regret Me
7. You Were Gone
8. More Fun To Miss
9. Please
10. The River
11. No Words
