"We can see ourselves in each of these people, and that's the point of storytelling,” Seyfried tells PEOPLE of the show, now streaming on Peacock

This article contains spoilers for “Long Bright River,” now streaming on Peacock. Two years before Liz Moore's novel "Long Bright River" ever hit shelves in 2020 and became a bestseller - and one of Barack Obama's top books of the year - she was approached by different producers.

For Amanda Seyfried, the Peacock limited series offered a rare opportunity to play a character adapted from a book while working closely alongside the author, Liz Moore.

As of March 16, 2025, Long Bright River has not been renewed for a second season on Peacock. The Peacock thriller series, which premiered on March 13, 2025, with all eight episodes out at once, was originally pitched as a limited series with Amanda Seyfried in the lead role.

The Allentown native plays a Philadelphia police officer in the Kensington-set show based on Liz Moore's book.

Amanda Seyfried dishes on her new Peacock limited series "Long Bright River" and fulfilling her dream of playing a police officer, including a traffic stop turned sideways during a ride-along with a real cop.

Long Bright River is a new Peacock TV show, which is an adaptation of the 2020 book of the same name by Liz Moore. The show is not based on a true story but takes inspiration from the author's life.