Netflix orders Too Much from Lena Dunham
David Farnor | On 14, Dec 2023
Lena Dunham is delivering Too Much to Netflix, with a new rom-com series on the way for the streamer.
Dunham and her husband, Luis Felber, have created the show, which follows Jessica, a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties. Reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever, she is slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix – who is less Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and more Hugh Grant’s drunken roommate – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?
An ex-pat rom-com for the disillusioned who wonder if true love is still possible (but sincerely hope that it is), the 10-episode show is produced by Working Title Television, and Lena Dunham’s Good Thing Going. The series will also feature original music from Felber.
In front of the camera, Megan Stalter (Hacks) will play the lead role of Jessica, and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus) will play Felix.
Co-creator, writer and director Lena Dunham said: “This is a show that is very close to my heart – created with my husband Luis, cast with my favourite actors – the geniuses that are Meg and Will, along with a bevy of friends – and partnering again with Working Title, who are behind the romantic comedies that formed me. Netflix has been so deeply supportive of the vision, which is to create a romantic comedy that makes us root for love, brings joy but also has the jagged edges of life.”
Production will begin in the UK in 2024.