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Claire Danes will stay with Netflix.
The multiple Emmy Award winner steps out of the streamer The monster inside meis set to star in a series called Lovesick. Netflix won a competitive bidding process with showrunner Sarah Taryam pitching (The case), a direct command to the string.
Inspired by the title of an Israeli series The best thing is the worst, lovelorn It is described as a “sweeping, modern romantic epic”. Danes (also executive producers) will play Annika, “a famous breast cancer surgeon, who has just received her cancer diagnosis,” according to the show’s tagline. “Her new patient, Nate, is an up-and-coming politician. The series explores their intertwined lives, delving into themes of love, sex, illness, death, family, children, health, medicine, and the meaning of life — all while Anika simultaneously undergoes treatment for breast cancer.”
“I am thrilled to tell this story with the genius Claire Danes,” Trim said in a statement. “We’ve been looking for something to do together for a very long time, and this character, Anika, might just be a combination of our wildest dreams. To tell a story about all the things that keep me up at night anyway — life, death, children, love, middle age, courage, science and faith — is an extraordinary opportunity that I don’t take lightly in these turbulent times. We’re so grateful to Netflix for this major commitment and can’t wait to get started.”
Treem is writing and will executive produce lovelorn With Danes, Avi Nir and Keren Shahar of Keshet Studios and Peter Traugott. Universal Television and Keshet are the studios. (Note: Netflix is also streaming a Korean drama titled lovelornA series from Mexico with the same title is scheduled to premiere later this year. British comedy also Named lovelorn It previously streamed on Netflix.)
In addition The monster inside meIncludes recent series works by Danes Fleishman is in trouble, full circle And Apple TVs Essex snake. She is repped by WME, Signpost Management and Ziffren Brittenham.
Treem Next has an FX drama Wolf cryStarring Olivia Colman and Brie Larson. Before creation The case She worked with Hagai Levy as a writer and producer In treatment and House of cards. She is repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro.
