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After crowd-pleasing comedies like chickens (Hantzes) And soccer parents (Voetbalouders), Netflix is entering very dark territory perfect lie (formerly known as dinner club), a dazzling mystery full of secrets, lies, and a group of friends who maybe don’t know each other as well as they think.
Netflix has released the first images of the upcoming Dutch drama series, based on the bestselling novel by Saskia Noort. The Dinner Club (D’Eatclub), Under which the show has been developed until its new English title is announced today. The streamer also confirmed that the series will launch worldwide on September 10, 2026, which is a bit of a delay as it was supposed to drop in 2025.
What is perfect lie About this?
At the center of the story is Karen, who moves with her family to the wealthy town of Bergen in search of a new start. Soon, they are welcomed into the Diner Club, an exclusive group of friends living the dream. Think of beautiful villas, successful careers, expensive dinners and perfect families. Of course, things are not as perfect as they seem.
When a villa catches fire and their friend Evert dies in the fire, cracks begin to appear. His wife and children barely survive, and Karen soon discovers that the group’s unbreakable friendship is built on secrets, half-truths, and hidden resentments. The deeper she digs, the more she discovers that everyone has something to hide.
As Karen delves deeper into the mystery, she finds herself caught in a dangerous game of suspicion and manipulation. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more she risks losing herself along the way.
who stars in it perfect lie?
leading the team Loess Havercourt (Moorish woman), tune luix (ares), Remco Vrijdag (year of fortune), Rifka Lodizen (overspell), Charlie Chan Daglet (mocro mafia), Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen (golden hour), nortje herlaar (claim), and Edwin Jonker (Costa!!).
Behind the scenes, comes from the series author Dorian Goertzen (uggapples), who developed the adaptation together Joop Asmeijer (dirty lines). directed the episode Dana Nechustan (holland’s hoop) And marjeanne roger (DZ Van Zus), while production is handled by Fiction Valley, the studio behind major Dutch hits such as mocro mafia And golden hour.
Goertzen clearly relished the challenge of bringing Noort’s novel to the screen:
“Re-imagining the well-known story was an incredible challenge dinner club Together with Joop Esmeijer, transform it into a series format where mystery remains at the heart of every episode. We chose a different narrative structure and gave both the story and its characters a contemporary update. Our dream cast brought these characters to life in a way that exceeded all our expectations.”
Fans of Dutch cinema will remember this dinner club It was adapted into a feature film in 2010. But a television series seems more appropriate for this kind of story. Noort himself is thrilled to see the story getting a second life. In an earlier statement, she said: “I am incredibly proud that my story is getting a new life on Netflix. dinner club This is one of my all-time favorite novels, and seeing it come to life as a series is a dream come true. I can’t wait to see how the characters and stories are presented on screen.”
Could this become Netflix’s next Dutch franchise?
There’s another reason why Netflix might be eyeing it dinner club For an adaptation. The novel is actually the first book of a trilogy. Noort continued the story later Discussion (2013) and de nazaten (2023), which means there’s already plenty of content available if viewers embrace the series.
However, for now the focus is on the first chapter of the story. Netflix has already shared a selection of first-look images, which can be seen below.
Here are some more new first looks that were released today:
dinner club Will premiere worldwide on Netflix on September 10, 2026.
