According to Deadline, Netflix has ordered a romantic comedy series titled Too Much created by Lena Dunham (Girls, Catherine Called Birdy). Her husband Luis Felber (Sharp Stick, Catherine Called Birdy) has created original music for the series. Too Much will consist of ten episodes total, and production is set to begin in 2024 in the United Kingdom.
The series revolves around Jessica, played by Megan Stalter (Cora Bora, Hacks), and Felix, played by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus, Flowers).
As Deadline notes, Dunham spoke about the series, stating, “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.”
She continued, “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.”
The synopsis for the series, according to Netflix’s official press release, states, “Jessica is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and 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?”
Too Much will be produced by A Working Title Television and Good Thing Going Production.