Tell Me Your Secrets


Tell Me Your Secrets is a thriller drama television series created by Harriet Warner that was set to premiere on TNT. The series was also written by Warner who executive produced alongside Bruna Papandrea and Casey Haver.

Premise

Tell Me Your Secrets follows "a trio of characters, each with a mysterious and troubling past: Emma is a young woman who once looked into the eyes of a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate to find redemption, and Mary is a grieving mother obsessed with finding her missing daughter. As each of them is pushed to the edge, the truth about their pasts and motives grows ever murkier, blurring the lines between victim and perpetrator."

Cast and characters

Main

Development

On July 24, 2017, TNT officially gave the production, then called Deadlier Than the Male, a pilot order. The show was one of two pilots that TNT ordered with an eye toward a new programming block it is prepping, TNT Mystery, along with Deep Mad Dark.
On February 15, 2018, it was announced that TNT had given a series order to created and written by Harriet Warner. The series order was reportedly for a first season in which Warner will also executive produce alongside Bruna Papandrea and Casey Haver. Houda Benyamina directed the pilot. Production companies involved in the series include Made Up Stories and Studio T. On June 18, 2018, it was announced that the series had been retitled Tell Me Your Secrets.
In June 2020, it was announced the series would not be aired on TNT, and more information is being awaited for where it may end up airing.

Casting

Alongside the initial series announcement, it was reported that Lily Rabe, Amy Brenneman, Hamish Linklater, Enrique Murciano, Chiara Aurelia, Ashley Madekwe, and Bryant Tardy had joined the show in series regular roles. In June 2018, it was reported that Xavier Samuel and Stella Baker had joined the main cast and that Marque Richardson would appear in a recurring capacity. In July 2018, it was announced that Katherine Willis and Charles Esten had been cast in recurring roles.

Filming

Principal photography for the series took place in mid-2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.