EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling us that Apple TV+ is in early development on an untitled series exploring female identity and modern motherhood written and executive produced by Emily Ratajkowski and author Stephanie Danler with Lena Dunham executive producing under her Good Thing Going label.
Ratajkowski is attached to star and the project reps her screenwriting debut following her New York Times best-selling debut book My Body. A24, which is behind HBO’s Euphoria, is serving as the studio. A24 also made the Sophia Coppola-directed movie On the Rocks starring Bill Murray and Rashia Jones with AppleTV+.
The project also reps a reteam between Ratajkowski and Dunham, who are coming off of the Netflix series Too Much. Dunham co-created that show which follows New York workaholic Jessica who moves to London after a break-up, planning to be alone, but falls for Felix. Ratajkowski plays Wendy Jones on Too Much.
In addition to Too Much, Ratajkowski’s past acting credits include David Fincher’s Gone Girl and the Amy Schumer feature comedy I Feel Pretty.
Danler is best known for her international best-seller Sweetbitter which she adapted into a Starz series starring Ella Purnell; that show about a young woman’s crazy life in a restaurant. Sweetbitter was based on Danler’s experiences working at New York City’s Union Square Cafe. She originally secured a six-figure, two book publication deal with Knopf. In 2020, Danler published her memoir Stray which centered around familial dysfunction, addiction and the entanglement of love and disappointment.
Dunham is an 8x Emmy nominee of the HBO series Girls, which she created and starred in. In 2013, she won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical for her turn in Girls. She directed and wrote the movies, Tiny Furniture, Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy.
Ratajkowski is repped by WME, Ocean Ave, Warren Dern and 2PM Sharp. Danler is with CAA, Entertainment 360 and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Dunham is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson, Teller et al.
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