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First announced in early 2024 at Next on Netflix UK, production is underway on the new drama series Grown Ups, headlined by Robert Sheehan, Sarah Greene, Barry Ward, and Aisling Bea. Here’s an updated guide to everything you need to know about the upcoming show now filming in Ireland.
Grown Ups, a new eight-episode scripted drama based on Marian Keyes’ best-selling novel, has started filming in and around Dublin. Set in South County Dublin, the series follows the Casey clan, a noisy, tight-knit Irish family bound by loyalty, resentment, money, memory, and love. When the family’s “good son” dies unexpectedly, the Caseys are pushed into a year of reckoning, falling in and out of love, reopening old wounds, and facing the exhausting, often ridiculous business of adulthood. Despite the responsibilities, the Caseys are far from grown-up.
Based on the best-selling novel by Marian Keyes, the show comes from See-Saw Films and Picking Scabs. The series is created and written by Samantha Strauss (Apple Cider Vinegar), who co-founded Picking Scabs as a joint venture with See-Saw. Executive producers are Strauss, Helen Gregory, Andy Noble, Shay Spencer, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Liz Watts, Marian Keyes, and James Griffiths, with Simon Gillis as co-executive producer and Liz Gill as series producer. Episodes are directed by James Griffiths and Ciaran Donnelly. For Netflix, the series is overseen by Manda Levin, Henrietta Lee, and Mona Qureshi.
“I am not alone in being obsessed with every word Marian Keyes has ever written, and it is a true life highlight to be trusted with her characters as we bring the Casey family and the world of Grown Ups to Netflix,” said creator Samantha Strauss, who praised the “preposterously glorious” cast and crew filming in Ireland.
See-Saw’s Helen Gregory added that the team is “thrilled to be collaborating with Picking Scabs,” calling the cast “talented” and promising warmth, wit, and deep emotion. Netflix’s Manda Levin highlighted the creative synchronicity between Keyes and Strauss and said the best-in-class ensemble is already bringing the characters to life.
Author Marian Keyes called the start of filming “a succession of dreams come true,” recalling her first lockdown call with Strauss, the early commitment to shoot in Ireland, and the casting that exceeded expectations. “I am enormously proud and grateful for the care taken with my characters,” she said.
Who’s in the cast for Netflix’s Grown Ups?
The core cast of the series consists of 10 names
- Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters, Normal People) as Jessie
- Barry Ward (Bad Sisters, The End of the F***ing World) as Johnny
- Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Get Away) as Cara
- Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy, Misfits) as Liam
- Amy-Leigh Hickman (YOU, Our Girl) as Nell
- Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty, Ridley) as Canice
- Sinéad Cusack (Marcella, MotherFatherSon) as Rose
- Karin Hanczewski (Call My Agent: Berlin, Tatort) as Ed
- James Agnew (newcomer, The Lir Academy graduate) as Ferdia
- Katelyn Rose Downey (Clean Sweep, Blade Runner 2099, Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2025) as Saoirse
Netflix has not announced a release window yet, although upon its initial announcement, it stated it’d be aiming for a 2026 release. We will update this preview as production progresses and first-look images arrive.
