Watch: New trailer for Lessons in Chemistry
David Farnor | On 14, Sep 2023
“Let’s begin, shall we?” That’s the sound of Brie Larson bringing to life Elizabeth Zott in Lessons in Chemistry, a new TV series based on Bonnie Garmus’ bestselling book.
The eight-part drama follows Zott, whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in the patriarchal society of the early 1950s. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Co-starring alongside Larson are Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Outer Range), NAACP Image Award winner Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder, The Birth of a Nation), Stephanie Koenig (The Flight Attendant, The Offer), Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory, The Dropout), Patrick Walker (Gaslit, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) and Thomas Mann (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl).
You can see them in action on 13th October, when the show premieres its first two episodes – followed by episodes weekly on Fridays until 24th November. Here’s the trailer:
Lessons in Chemistry: First trailer for Apple TV+ series
20th April 2023First look: Brie Larson stars in Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry
14th August 2022
The novel Lessons in Chemistry is heading to our TV screens and new images give us a first look at Brie Larson in the Apple TV+ drama.
The series, based on Bonnie Garmus’s best-selling debut book, is exec-produced by Brie Larson (Captain Marvel, Room), who also stars.
Set in the early 1950s, it follows Elizabeth Zott (Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a society deeming that women belong in the domestic sphere, not the professional one. When Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and fired from her lab, she musters the ingenuity only a single mother has. She accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are suddenly listening – a lot more than recipes, all the while craving a return to her true love: science.
Joining Larson in front of the camera are Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Outer Range) as Calvin, Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder, Sylvie’s Love, The Upside, The Birth of a Nation) as Harriet Slone, Stephanie Koenig (The Flight Attendant, The Offer) as Fran Frask, Patrick Walker (Gaslit, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) as Wakely, Thomas Mann (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Boryweitz, Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory, The Dropout, Better Call Saul) as Walter and Beau Bridges (“Acting: The First Six Lessons,” “Homeland,” “Goliath,” “Bloodline,” “Masters of Sex,” The Fabulous Baker Boys) as Wilson.
Lee Eisenberg (WeCrashed, Little America) serves as showrunner on the series, which hails from Apple Studios and is produced by Aggregate Films. Other exec producers including Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan (Ozark, A Teacher) for Aggregate Films, Susannah Grant (Unbelievable, Erin Brockovich), Natalie Sandy for Piece of Work Entertainment alongside Eisenberg and Louise Shore. It is co-executive produced by Elijah Allan-Blitz, of his and Larson’s The Great Unknown Productions, and Bonnie Garmus.
Production is now underway in Los Angeles, with the series to premiere in 2023.