East of Eden (American TV series)

East of Eden is an upcoming limited television series from Zoe Kazan, starring Florence Pugh. It is adapted from John Steinbeck's 1952 novel of the same name.

East of Eden
Genre	Drama
Based on	East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Written by	Zoe Kazan
Directed by	Garth Davis Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Starring	Florence Pugh Christopher Abbott Joseph Zada Mike Faist Hoon Lee
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Zoe Kazan Garth Davis Jeb Stuart Antoine Douiahy Zack Hayden Florence Pugh
Production companies	Anonymous Content Fifth Season
Original release
Network	Netflix

Cast

• Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames
• Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask
• Mike Faist as Charles Trask
• Hoon Lee as Lee
• Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask
• Martha Plimpton as Faye
• Ciaran Hinds as Samuel Hamilton
• Joe Anders as Aron Trask
• Joseph Zada as Cal Trask

Production

The series is adapted by Zoe Kazan, whose grandfather Elia Kazan directed the 1955 film adaptation of the novel.^[1] Anonymous Content and Fifth Season are co-producing the seven-episode limited series for Netflix. Garth Davis will direct the first four episodes and is as an executive producer. Also, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre will direct the last three episodes. Antoine Douiahy and Zack Hayden will serve as executive producer. Florence Pugh was first linked to the project in 2022, and leads the cast as well as co-producing.^[2][3] Jeb Stuart is co-showrunner alongside Kazan.^[4]

In September 2024, Pugh was joined in the cast by Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, and Hoon Lee.^[5] The following month, additional additions to the cast included Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Joe Anders and Ciaran Hinds. Filming got underway in New Zealand in October 2024.^[6] Filming locations are reported to include Auckland,^[7] Dunedin and Oamaru^[8] in the South Island. Filming wrapped in March 2025.

Release

The series is set to be released on Netflix in 2026.^[9]