{"id":33966,"date":"2026-07-09T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/33966\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:44:09","slug":"netflix-lands-golf-drama-jupiter-island-from-love-story-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/33966\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Lands Golf Drama ‘Jupiter Island’ From ‘Love Story’ Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Netflix<\/a> has nabbed another high-profile project, Jupiter Island<\/a>, with a straight-to-series order. The golf drama comes from newly minted Emmy nominee Connor Hines<\/a>, creator\/executive producer of FX\u2019s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, and A24. In conjunction with the Jupiter Island pickup, Netflix has signed an overall deal with Hines to exclusively develop new series for the global streamer.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Hines, who will serve as showrunner, Jupiter Island is said to be loosely inspired by real-life events and celebrities in the world of the PGA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is set on the ultra-exclusive Jupiter Island where the privileged world of professional golfers and their wives fractures when a mysterious outsider arrives \u2014 and a secret threatens golf\u2019s reigning power couple.<\/p>\n

\n\tHines executive produces with Julie Gardner of Bad Wolf America.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pickup gives Netflix two professional golf scripted series; the streamer also has the Will Ferrell comedy The Hawk premiering July 16. They are joining Netflix\u2019s popular golf docuseries Full Swing.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome Connor Hines to Netflix,\u201d Netflix\u2019s Head of UCAN Scripted Series Jinny Howe said. \u201cConnor has a rare gift for rich, character-driven storytelling that shines through again in Jupiter Island, reflecting our commitment to delivering premium television to engage our audiences. His recent Emmy nominations are proof he\u2019s just getting started \u2014 and we\u2019re excited for everything that comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs revealed yesterday<\/a>, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, created and executive produced by Hines, has been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series which Hines is part of as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFX\u2019s \u2018Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette\u2019 \u2014 (l-r) Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKurt Iswarienko\/FX<\/p>\n

\n\tHines wrote five and co-wrote a sixth of Love Story\u2018s nine episodes. The series, about JFK Jr.\u2019s tragic fairytale romance with Calvin Klein executive Bessette, was FX\u2019s most watched limited series ever on Hulu and Disney+ and grew week over week.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix had a strong showing at the Emmy nominations yesterday with 111 noms across 34 titles<\/a>, led by Beef Season 2 (16) and The Beast In Me (9), which both will compete with Love Story in the Limited or Anthology Series categories.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be partnering with Netflix, A24, and Bad Wolf\u2019s Julie Gardner,\u201d Hines said. \u201cI\u2019ve been living with the world of Jupiter Island for quite some time, and I\u2019m so excited and lucky to bring it to life with such amazing collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA24 is the studio on the project. The independent company is behind Beef as well as two other upcoming straight-to-series Netflix projects: Trigger Point starring Joe Edgerton and a spy drama starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis makes a homecoming for Hines who began his writing career on the Netflix comedy Space Force, created by Steve Carell and Greg Daniels. He recently served as a writer on the upcoming Apple TV limited series Wild Things starring Jude Law and Andrew Garfield. Hines is repped by UTA, Rise Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has nabbed another high-profile project, Jupiter Island, with a straight-to-series order. The golf drama comes from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14033,44,14034,5349],"class_list":["post-33966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-connor-hines","tag-golf","tag-jupiter-island","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}