Jesse Eisenberg is now turning his attention to television. After directing his last film as writer-director, A24’s The beginnings, with Julianne Moore, Eisenberg is preparing a television series, also for A24. Written, produced and directed by Eisenberg, the series, which is expected to be released in the coming weeks, is produced by former Disney and Fox executive Peter Rice, who has just been named Netflix’s chief content officer, as part of his A24 deal.
The as-yet-untitled series is based on a short story by Eisenberg about a young woman where new ideas and relationships challenge her beliefs, sources said. In an interview with THR on the red carpet at the London Film Festival premiere The beginnings, Eisenberg noted that it is about the start of the culture wars and follows an 18-year-old girl in the fall of 2002.
It is unclear whether the short story in question is the story of Harper Jablonski, a freshman struggling with her college experience, from Eisenberg’s 2016 short story collection, Bream gives me hiccups.
Netflix – now with Rice at the helm of content – will likely be in the mix for the series; the streamer hosts high-profile A24 shows such as Beef and the upcoming untitled spy drama Millie Bobby Brown & David Harbor and Trigger point, headlined by Joel Edgerton.
Given Rice’s new job, he is not expected to be directly involved in the future, but he will likely retain his executive producer credit for developing the series. Netflix Senior Cinematography Director Dan Lin and Ori Marmur Remain EPs at Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender series and Prime Video The boys franchise, respectively.
After an early career as a child actor, Eisenberg made his on-screen television debut as a member of the main cast of the Fox comedy-drama series in 1999. Be realistic. He then moved on to the films he has primarily focused on over the past two decades, including his Academy Award-nominated performance as Mark Zuckerberg in The social network and his Oscar for writing his 2024 feature film A real pain.
The beginnings marks Eisenberg’s third feature film as writer-director, following 2022’s When you’re done saving the world And A real pain. On television, he recently starred in the FX 2022 limited series Fleishman is in trouble. He previously developed a television series adaptation of his collection of short stories. Bream gives me hiccups for Amazon and A24 ten years ago and single-camera comedy The market for Bad Robot by JJ Abrams and Warner Bros. TV.
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