Luckiest Girl Alive

The film is based on Jessica Knoll's New York Times bestseller. luckiest-girl-alive-mila-kunis Image via Netflix.

The trailer sets up Ani's near-perfect life as she runs through everything that's gone right for her lately, from the job to the luxurious upcoming wedding, and it all seems too perfect. Based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name by Jessica Knoll, the film premieres in theaters for a limited run on September 30 before arriving on Netflix on October 7. The film features the star as Ani FaNelli, a newly anointed New York Times writer with money, fashion, a blue-collar fiancée, and most importantly, "the edge."

Luckiest Girl Alive drops on Netflix on October 8. See a first look at the trailer of the movie, based on a book written by Jessica Knoll.

"There are still so many questions that you've never answered," the filmmaker says as she flashes back to a memory that shows two girls running through a flooded hall. The trailer then flashes back to the character as a teenager (Chiara Aurelia), looking disheveled at a convenience store when she runs into the teacher. "I am this close to the life no one thought I deserved," she says. "Luke comes from money, but I have something no trust fund can’t buy: the edge," Ani says as a woman on the street stares longingly at her fiancé and she turns back as if to say, "He's mine." But long-buried secrets threaten to emerge and disrupt her image as the "luckiest girl alive." The movie adaptation of "Luckiest Girl Alive" is written by Knoll and directed by Mike Barker, with Kunis also serving as producer.

The new Netflix thriller also stars Chiara Aurelia, Finn Wittrock, Connie Britton and more.

In the present, the adult Ani is threatened by a classmate and questioned by a fellow reporter as to whether she was a “hero or an accomplice” in “the incident” at her high school. Luckiest Girl Alive is directed by Mike Barker with a script from Jessica Knoll, who wrote the novel upon which the movie is based. Turn my key, and I will tell you exactly what you want to hear.” That kind of twisty, female-focused thriller took a backseat in the past couple of years, but [Mila Kunis](https://www.avclub.com/that-90s-show-70s-cast-danny-masterson-1848864360?_ga=2.92183898.1978060498.1662473619-1488648406.1652714420) is here as a new ambiguous lead with a mysterious past to make Amy Dunne proud. It won’t surprise you to hear that everything with Ani is not as perfect as it seems, even if she does hate babies. The edge,” Ani narrates.

Luckiest Girl Alive starring Mila Kunis is coming to Netflix in 2022! Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming drama film here.

Stay tuned for more Luckiest Girl Alive news and updates from Netflix Life! The streamer announced that Luckiest Girl Alive will arrive on Netflix on Friday, Oct. Luckiest Girl Alive centers on Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. 6, Netflix released the first official trailer from the film. As always, you can expect the film to drop on Netflix at 12:00 a.m. We’ve shared everything you’d possibly want to know about the upcoming drama movie below.

Kunis' seemingly perfect life falls apart in the new film based on the best-selling novel of the same name.

Reprising her role as Jackie Burkhart (albeit, an older, parent-aged version of her high school self), Kunis [will be joined by many of her original castmates](xhttps://www.nylon.com/entertainment/that-90s-show-trailer-cast-release-date) on the project, including [her longtime partner and husband of seven years](https://www.nylon.com/articles/mila-kunis-ashton-kutcher-expecting-second-child), Ashton Kutcher. “I’ve carried this horrible thing with me for years and it has built up this rage inside of me,” Ani respond to him. “I don’t know what’s me and what part I’ve invented.” “People want to know: were you a hero or an accomplice,” asks the director about the incident. But that’s the thing about appearances — they can change in the blink of an eye. “Imagine what’s it going to be like when they find out about what happened,” another person (played by The White Lotus’ Emmy-nominated Connie Britton) ominously warns.

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And not only did Jessica Knoll write the hit novel Luckiest Girl Alive is based on — as well as 2018's The Favorite Sister — but she also wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film. Luckiest Girl Alive is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Jessica Knoll. With a juicy mystery fit for a bestselling novel, you might be wondering, is Luckiest Girl Alive based on a book? "I carried this horrible thing with me alone for years, and it's built up this rage inside of me," Ani says in the trailer. Ani appears to have it all, and that's just the way she likes it, but deep down, something has been eating at her. And no, money can't buy "the edge."

Finn Wittrock, Chiara Aurelia, and Connie Britton co-star in the Oct. 7 thriller.

Check out the full interview (below). 7 on Netflix. 7 thrillerSeptember 6, 2022

Coming soon to Netflix is a new drama thriller starring Mila Kunis (Bad Moms), Luckiest Girl Alive on Friday, October 7th, 2022!

Starring alongside Mila Kunis in Luckiest Girl Alive is Finn Wittrock (AHS), Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer), Scoot McNairy (Narcos: Mexico), Thomas Barbusca (Chad), Justine Lupe (Mr. Executive Producing is Jessica Knoll, Lisa Sterbakov, Shayne Fiske Goldner, Steve Hutensky, as well as Mike Barker. The new film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jessica Knoll.

All is not what it seems in Mike Barker's upcoming thriller, Luckiest Girl Alive. Adapted from Jessica Knoll's New York Times best-selling mystery, ...

Larson (Scoot McNairy), springing the trailer into a muddle of mystery — and a struggling Kunis trying to make sense of it all. [Gone Girl](https://mashable.com/article/gone-girl-monster-movie-best-decade)-esque monologue, Ani FaNelli (Kunis) takes us through her perfect life of weddings, wealth, and working at "The New York Times Magazine." But what if those years are the exact ones you should face?

Mila Kunis leads the Netflix adaptation of Jessica Knoll's "Luckiest Girl Alive" novel, streaming October 7.

She was talking about Ani, the protagonist of my novel, ‘Luckiest Girl Alive,’ which is a work of fiction. “Handmaid’s Tale” director Mike Barker helms the film and also executive produces alongside screenwriter Knoll, Lisa Sterbakov, Shayne Fiske Goldner, and Steve Hutensky. “The second was my literary agent, five years later, only she wasn’t talking about me. Ani is forced to confront a past that threatens her future. Ani has it all — until the director of a true crime documentary approaches her to relive a shocking incident from her prestigious high school. The film premieres in select theaters September 30 and will stream on Netflix October 7.

Mila Kunis stars in the Netflix adaptation of Jessica Knoll's 2015 best-selling novel Luckiest Girl Alive. Check out the trailer now.

[Finn Wittrock](https://www.eonline.com/videos/313374/finn-wittrock-jon-jon-briones-gush-over-sarah-paulson?query=Finn%20Wittrock)). The trailer is interspersed with a series of flashbacks to high school Ani ( [Chiara Aurelia](https://www.eonline.com/news/1258826/cruel-summers-olivia-holt-and-chiara-aurelia-detail-their-transformation-into-90s-kids))—then called TifAni—soaking wet at a gas station and running into the arms of Mr. However the truth begins to unravel throughout the film, making her perfect image harder to hold onto. Her mom dissuades her daughter from telling the truth about the incident in high school asking, "Do you like your life TifAni? People want to know: Were you a hero or accomplice?" Based on the book of the same name by Jessica Knoll, and directed by Mike Barker, the film follows Ani FaNelli, a high-powered magazine editor whose life unravels when she's asked to participate in a true crime documentary about an incident that occurred when she was in high school.

Finn Wittrock as Luke Harrison; Scoot McNairy as Andrew Larson; Chiara Aurelia as Young Ani; Thomas Barbusca as Arthur Finnerman; Justin Lupe as Nell Rutherford ...

In the 11th hour, my agent was like, ‘Just as a reminder, Jessica is really interested in writing the script.’ Everyone realized it would be a real time suck to interview all these co-writers.” A trailer recently teased it as the story of New York Times Magazine editor Ani FaNelli (played by Mila Kunis). When somebody mentions Netflix we’re perhaps inclined to think of TV first.

She transforms herself into Ani, "the ultimate New York City insider with a gorgeous, wealthy fiancé (Finn Wittrock), a sexy magazine job, designer clothes and ...

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