A television show starring Jennifer Garner – based on a popular novel – could begin filming on Nantucket next month.

The Peacock streaming series "The Five-Star Weekend," based on the novel by Elin Hilderbrand , is set to begin production in September.

The Nantucket Select Board was set to vote during their Aug. 6 meeting on allowing filming on town-owned property and approving the film permit, but it was tabled at their start of the meeting for being "not ready." The topic is expected to come back up at a future meeting.

Garner will play the main character, Hollis Shaw, Hilderbrand confirmed in a Facebook post .

'The Five-Star Weekend' was published in 2023

Set on Nantucket, the novel follows Shaw, a food blogger, after the tragic death of her husband. She decides to recrea

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