Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Penn Badgley Leads Amazon Murder Mystery Series After You
Penn Badgley has a new television role after finishing You.
He will not play Joe Goldberg this time.
Instead, he will play Ern Cunningham, a writer who creates mystery stories.
Ern becomes involved in a real murder mystery within his own family.
The new show is called Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
It will be made for Amazon and will use dark humor along with mystery.
The show is based on a book by Australian author Benjamin Stevenson.
No release date has been announced yet.
Penn Badgley is reportedly set to star in Amazon’s darkly comic mystery series Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
He will play Ern Cunningham, a professional mystery writer drawn into a real-life family murder mystery.
The series follows Badgley’s five-season run as Joe Goldberg in Netflix’s You.
David Hemingson will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Badgley and Benjamin Stevenson also executive producing.
The show is based on Benjamin Stevenson’s novel, and its release date has not been announced.
- Who
- Penn Badgley will reportedly star as mystery writer Ern Cunningham, with David Hemingson serving as showrunner and executive producer.
- What
- Amazon is developing Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a darkly comic murder-mystery series.
- When
- The series is planned after Badgley’s five-season run on You, but no release date has been announced.
- Where
- The series is for Amazon; its source novel was written by Australian author Benjamin Stevenson.
- Why
- Badgley is taking a new role that places a professional mystery writer inside a real-life family mystery.
- Series
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
- Lead role
- Penn Badgley as Ern Cunningham
- Format
- Darkly comic murder-mystery television series
- Source material
- Benjamin Stevenson’s novel of the same name
- Showrunner
- David Hemingson
- Production companies
- Fifth Season and Made Up Stories
- Release date
- Not announced