Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri are set to unite within the new rom-com sequence “Prodigies” for Apple TV+.
Sharpe, who made a serious splash with “The White Lotus” and was lately seen taking Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on a tour of Poland in “A Actual Ache,” created the seven-episode comedy and can write and direct. Sister, the BAFTA-winning manufacturing firm behind “Black Doves,” is producing. Edebiri, who has received a Golden Globe, two SAG Awards and an Emmy for her efficiency on “The Bear,” may even function an exec producer alongside Sharpe.
Described within the synopsis as an “uncommon take” on a traditional romantic comedy, “Prodigies” is ready to discover the common complexities of long-term relationships by the lens of a really distinctive couple. The story follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), two ex-child prodigies who’ve been collectively since they have been youngsters and, now of their early 30s, are beginning to query whether or not their very peculiar existence resides as much as the extraordinary promise of their childhood. As the outline goes, they, inevitably, discover themselves asking the identical questions of their relationship.
“As particular person hopes and wishes feed into and battle with their shared lives, the sequence challenges the fallacy on the coronary heart of romantic storytelling — that the story is over when the heroes get collectively,” the synopsis reads. “In life, certainly, that’s only the start?”
Jane Featherstone (“Black Doves,” “Giri/Haji”), Naomi de Pear (“This Is Going to Damage,” “Flowers”) and Katie Carpenter (“Landscapers,” “Flowers”) may even exec produce the sequence for Sister.
Whereas he might have made his main worldwide breakthrough for his position within the second season of “The White Lotus,” Sharpe has been working behind the digital camera since his function directorial debut “Black Pond” in 2011. He created, wrote and directed the BAFTA-winning darkish comedy-drama sequence “Flowers,” which ran on the BBC from 2016-2018 and starred Olivia Colman. In 2021, he teamed up with Colman once more for HBO/Sky crime sequence “Landscapers,” which he additionally wrote for and directed. The identical 12 months noticed the discharge of his final function as author/director, “The Electrical Lifetime of Louis Wain,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. In 2020, he received the BAFTA TV Award for finest supporting actor for his position in “Giri/Haji”.
