Lena Dunham has struck up a brand new artistic partnership with Netflix, which has launched the primary have a look at her new sequence Too A lot. Starring Hacks fave Megan Stalter and The White Lotus Season 2 breakout Will Sharpe, the sequence is probably going the primary of a number of new initiatives from Dunham at Netflix.
Selection stories that the Ladies creator and streaming big introduced their crew up throughout the “Subsequent on Netflix” occasion in London on Wednesday, the place the streamer revealed the primary have a look at the brand new comedy sequence (beneath). Too A lot follows New York workaholic Jessica (Stalter), who’s left reeling from the break-up of a relationship that she thought would final endlessly. Haunted by her previous, she flees the bustling blocks of New York Metropolis for a job in London, wanting to isolate herself from everybody she is aware of and reside her greatest solo life, like a Brontë sister. Nonetheless, her plans are flipped the other way up when she meets Felix (Sharpe), who’s “much less Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and extra Hugh Grant’s drunken roommate.”
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Followers will acknowledge Stalter as Kayla Schaffer from the hit Max sequence Hacks. She beforehand gushed about working with Lena Dunham for the upcoming London-set sequence, praising her expertise and flexibility. Stalter in contrast the comedy and tone of the brand new sequence to Dunham’s Ladies. Rounding out the solid are Adèle Exarchopoulos, Adwoa Aboah, Andrew Rannells, Daisy Bevan, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Emily Ratajkowski, Stephen Fry and extra. Rannells beforehand starred alongside Dunham in Ladies, in addition to her current movie Treasure, starring Stephen Fry. Grant had a recurring function on Ladies, the place he performed the daddy of Jemima Kirke’s Jessa.
Netflix and Lena Dunham Group Up In New First-Look Partnership
Throughout a Q&A, Dunham shared how her personal expertise shifting to London impressed the unique idea for Too A lot. Her husband, Luis Felber, co-created the sequence with Dunham. Whereas the scripted comedy sequence predates this new unique partnership between Dunham and Netflix, it’s certain to offer audiences a good suggestion of what to anticipate from the pair. Dunham, who serves as creator, author, director, and govt producer, stated:
“My producing accomplice, Michael P. Cohen, and I are deeply excited to start the following section of Good Factor Going with Netflix as our dwelling, one which helps artists and makes so most of the exhibits that we love as viewers. From the primary chat with our Netflix crew, we have now been aligned within the imaginative and prescient to lean into traditional genres and serve them up with a twist, at all times knowledgeable by stunning factors of view. We’re thrilled to be working throughout the U.S. and the U.Ok, and hope to interact with Netflix globally to inform a variety of tales, set in a brand new and compelling worlds.”
Though she just isn’t the lead, Dunham will make an look within the semi-autobiographical sequence. In an interview with The New Yorker, Dunham spoke candidly about her alternative to not star in Too A lot within the wake of all of the body-shaming she confronted because the star of her hit HBO sequence:
“I used to be not keen to have one other expertise like what I would skilled round Ladies at this level in my life. Bodily, I used to be simply not up for having my physique dissected once more. It was a tough alternative, to not solid, as a result of I knew I wished Meg, however to confess that to myself.”
Dunham has largely centered on writing and producing since starring in Ladies, however nonetheless appeared in a couple of initiatives, together with American Horror Story, the 2022 movie Sharp Stick, and her 2024 movie Treasure. Dunham’s manufacturing firm, Good Factor Going, will proceed to develop serialized first-look initiatives for Netflix. Jinny Howe, Vice President of drama sequence at Netflix, spoke concerning the new partnership, saying:
“Lena’s authenticity and singular voice have redefined stroytelling for this era. She’s a cerative powerhouse, weaving collectively advanced and nuanced narratives which are as thought-provoking as they’re entertaining. We look ahead to delighting audiences with extra of the deeply relatable tales they love from Lena.”
Too A lot premieres on Netflix later this 12 months.