Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet are superheroes of a special kind, and placing the “ex” again in horny.
The duo lead Peacock collection “Laid,” which is billed as a “fucked up rom-com” a couple of lady (Hsu) whose exes all appear to be dying in uncommon methods.
The official synopsis reads: “Ruby (Hsu) finds out her former lovers are dying in uncommon methods and should return via her intercourse timeline to confront her previous with a purpose to transfer ahead, all with assist from her finest good friend AJ (Zosia Mamet).”
Simu Liu, Kate Berlant, Alexandra Shipp, Finneas O’Connell, Andre Hyland, Olivia Holt, David Denman, Chloe Fineman, Ettore “Large E” Ewen, and John Early visitor star. Together with Hsu and Mamet, Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez are collection regulars.
Oscar-nominated “The whole lot All over the place All at As soon as” actress Hsu leads the twisted collection about what to do in case your exes, starting from “the fellows, the women, the one-night stands, the person she solely remembers as ‘Inexperienced Day Shirt,’ and John Early” per the logline, are all about to die.
The “Pleasure Trip” star additionally government produces “Laid.” The collection is government produced by co-showrunners Nahnatchka Khan (“Completely Killer,” “Younger Rock,” “Contemporary Off the Boat,” “All the time Be My Perhaps”) and Sally Bradford McKenna (“Son of Zorn”).
“Once we began to develop ‘Laid,’ we had been intrigued by the thought of bringing again the old-school, conventional romantic comedy (swelling music! kisses within the rain! Anne Hathaway or somebody who can be interesting!), however as a result of we had been dwelling in such a darkish time (pandemic! trade strikes!), we felt it wanted to have some form of twist,” Khan and McKenna stated in a press assertion. “Positive, it could possibly be optimistic and heartwarming and make you consider in love once more, nevertheless it ought to most likely even have suspense and demise and blood. The premise of ‘Laid,’ a girl discovers all of her exes are dying in mysterious methods, appeared precisely what we had been on the lookout for: a fucked-up rom-com.”
John Davis and John Fox moreover government produce for Davis Leisure, together with Fierce Child’s Jennifer Carreras, Porchlight Movies’ Marieke Hardy, Kirsty Fisher, and Liz Watts, and All3Media Worldwide.
“Laid” is a manufacturing from Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group. All eight episodes of the half-hour collection will debut directly.
Along with “Laid,” Hsu additionally has upcoming Common movie “Par for the Course” within the works alongside Quinta Brunson, who’s producing and co-writing the movie. Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” scribe Justin Tan co-writes and directs.
“Laid” premieres December 19 on Peacock. Take a look at the trailer under.