Lena Dunham needs audiences to lean into being “Too A lot” typically.
The “Women” creator is again on TV — this time writing, directing, and executive-producing the collection “Too A lot” for Netflix. “Hacks” breakout star Megan Stalter performs the Dunham-esque Jessica, who relocates from New York to London to start out recent after a breakup. Regardless of planning on being alone eternally, Jessica quickly meets musician Felix (Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her 30-something disaster.
Dunham co-created the collection together with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who additionally serves as an govt producer and gives authentic music. The ten-episode present was introduced in 2023. Dunham is the creator, author, director, and govt producer, and helms eight out of 10 episodes.
The official synopsis of “Too A lot” reads: Jessica (Stalter) is “a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a damaged relationship that she thought would final eternally and slowly isolating everybody she is aware of. When each block in New York tells a narrative of her personal dangerous conduct, the one resolution is to take a job in London, the place she plans to stay a lifetime of solitude like a Brontë sister. However when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a strolling collection of pink flags — she finds that their uncommon connection is unattainable to disregard, even because it creates extra issues than it solves. Now they must ask themselves: do Individuals and Brits truly converse the identical language?”
“Women” alums Rita Wilson and Andrew Rannells additionally star, together with Andrew Scott, Emily Ratajkowski, Naomi Watts, Stephen Fry, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Leo Reich, Daisy Bevan, Adele Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Rhea Perlman, Kaori Momoi, and Adwoa Aboah.
Dunham advised Vainness Honest that “Too A lot” is a departure from her “Women” TV tone. “I didn’t even recognize the luxurious I used to be given on ‘Women’ to do issues like bottle episodes, the place I stayed with two characters for an evening, or let three characters circle round one another. It was simply what made sense to me as a result of I’d all the time written for low budgets,” Dunham stated. “I all the time felt that I needed to give folks the normal A, B, and C storylines till episode 5. Now I’m way more dwelling beneath the motto of, ‘In case you really feel it, go for it.’ We by no means know what number of we’re going to get. You don’t get six seasons of all the pieces.”
Dunham will subsequent direct a characteristic in regards to the rise and fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Dunham will adapt the screenplay from Michael Lewis’ New York Instances-bestselling e book, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.” The Apple Unique movie is available in partnership with A24.
“Too A lot” premieres on Netflix July 10. Take a look at the trailer under.