Lena Dunham’s ‘Too Much’ canceled at Netflix
Lena Dunham’s Netflix series ‘Too Much’ is finished after one season on Netflix.
Dunham said she felt the story was complete after one season and that she always intended it to be a limited series. The show originally debuted on the streamer in July. Despite good reviews, ‘Too Much’ appears to have failed to find a large audience, as it only spent one week on the Netflix Global Top 10 English-language TV chart, although it did reach the Top 10 in 27 separate countries.
“It was always our intention to make ‘Too Much’ as a limited series. It was intended to be a classic transatlantic love story, but with time to really delve into the complexities that a film doesn’t have the room for,” Dunham said at an FYC panel. “Of course, I completely fell in love with Meg and Will’s dynamic and started imagining what the rest of their characters’ lives together could be like – Felix and Jess have a baby! Felix and Jess are on the first ship to populate Mars! But as Luis and I sat with what we were making, we realized we’d told the story. It ends with a wedding. There’s even a little Easter egg, which is that in the final scene you can hear me shout ‘cut!’ We had done what we had to do, and part of the job is knowing when to park the car. Who knows – maybe there will come a time when it feels good to visit them again. But right now, I’m pulling a Mary Poppins and heading to the next (imaginary) family that needs me.
‘Too Much’ stars Megan Stalter as Jessica, who, according to the series’ official description, “is a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a lonely life as a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) encounters – a running series of warning signs – she finds their unusual connection impossible to ignore, even if it causes more problems than it solves.”
Along with Stalter and Sharpe, the series’ cast included: Richard E. Grant, Stephen Fry, Janicza Bravo, Andrew Rannells, Michael Zegen, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Leo Reich, Adele Exarchopoulos, Adwoa Aboah, Daisy Bevan, Dean-Charles Chapman, Kaori Momoi, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Emily Ratajkowski.
Dunham co-created “Too Much” with her husband, Luis Felber, with their relationship inspiring the series. Dunham is also credited as writer, executive producer and director. Felber also serves as executive producer, while his band Attawalpa provided original music for the show. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael P. Cohen, Surian Fletcher-Jones and Bruce Eric Kaplan also served as executive producers. Camilla Bray served as producer. The series comes from Universal International Studios’ Working Title Television and from Dunham’s Good Thing Going banner.
Dunham will continue to do business with Netflix under the deal she and Good Thing Going struck with the streamer early this year.
