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Apple TV is eyeing a limited series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cecily Strong to get the green light next.
The broadcaster develops a show based on New York Magazine story “The Nanny Squatter” by Bindu Bansinath. Mary Bronstein, writer and director If I had legs I would kick youedits the article and is set to serve as showrunner. The project comes from Apple Studios and is close to being ordered to series.
The series will follow a couple whose “lives are turned upside down after welcoming a seemingly perfect caregiver into their home, only to find boundaries blurred and control slipping as the arrangement escalates into a tense and troubling power struggle,” the registry states.
If it transitions to a series — as seems likely — the show will be Louis-Dreyfus’s first regular role since her multiple Emmy Award-winning stint on HBO. Vice President It ended in 2019. Her recent credits include Thunderbolts And a few other Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances like Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a Netflix movie People And features You hurt my feelings and Tuesday.
The show will mark a return to Apple TV for Strong, who starred in the streamer’s musical comedy Shmegadon! the previous Saturday Night Live Normal has a voice role in Disney Zootopia 2 He will appear in the Prime Video preview The Boys High Vought.
The show will mark Bronstein’s first television series If I had legs I would kick you It received critical acclaim, a WGA Award nomination for its screenplay and a Spirit Award nomination for Best Director (star Rose Byrne is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress). Bronstein will serve as showrunner, writer, director and executive produce with Louis-Dreyfus, Strunk and Skip Wasserman. New York magazine.
Louis-Dreyfus is repped by CAA and Latham & Watkins. Strong is with CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Bronstein is repped by CAA, attorney David Krentzman and 42West. New York Magazine and Vox Media Studios are repped by CAA and Del Show.
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