As of March 16, 2025, Long Bright River has not been renewed for a second season on Peacock. The Peacock thriller series, which premiered on March 13, 2025, with all eight episodes out at once, was originally pitched as a limited series with Amanda Seyfried in the lead role.

For Amanda Seyfried, the Peacock limited series offered a rare opportunity to play a character adapted from a book while working closely alongside the author, Liz Moore.

This article contains spoilers for “Long Bright River,” now streaming on Peacock. Two years before Liz Moore's novel "Long Bright River" ever hit shelves in 2020 and became a bestseller - and one of Barack Obama's top books of the year - she was approached by different producers.