EXCLUSIVE: Superbad filmmaker Greg Mottola has been tapped to direct the primary two episodes of Peacock comedy collection The Miniature Spouse, from Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res (The Morning Present, Pachinko). Mottola additionally will function govt producer on the collection.
Starring and govt produced by Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, The Miniature Spouse, primarily based on the brief story by Manuel Gonzalez, is a high-concept marital comedy inspecting the facility (im)balances between spouses Lindy (Banks) and Les (Macfadyen), after a technological accident induces the last word relationship disaster.
Created and govt produced by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath), who additionally function showrunners, The Miniature Spouse landed at Peacock with a straight-to-series order earlier this yr.
“I’m thrilled to be a part of a venture of this caliber,” stated Mottola. “Jennifer and Steve have hilariously expanded upon Manuel Gonzalez’s fantastical acid story of marital discord. Media Res and Peacock are the proper residence for this venture and I couldn’t be extra excited to work with Elizabeth and Matthew, each of whom I’ve admired for a really very long time.”
Ames and Turner will function creators, showrunners and govt producers for the collection, with Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer govt producing for Media Res, together with Mottola.
Mottola most lately directed two episodes of DC/Max’s Peacemaker and the primary two episodes of Netflix’s comedy collection No one Needs This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. His tv credit additionally embody directing and govt producing the pilot of FX’s Dave, directing episodes of Arrested Improvement, The Comeback, Undeclared, The Harmful E-book for Boys and the pilot of HBO’s The Newsroom, the latter incomes him a DGA Award nomination. Mottola is repped by UTA.
