Apple TV Plus offers a first look at Maya Rudolph’s new series Loot
The workplace comedy that also features Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Ron Funches premieres on June 24
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Maya Rudolph hopes to spread some love and some cash, in the forthcoming Apple TV+ comedy series Loot. In addition to Rudolph, the Loot ensemble cast features Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Ron Funches (Undateable), Nat Faxon (Married) and Joel Kim Booster (Sunnyside). This marks Rodriguez’s first series role since her Emmy-nominated performance in Netflix’s Pose.
The series comes from Emmy Award-winning creators Alan Yang (Tigertail, Master of None) and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock, Forever), and the official description for Loot reads:
Billionaire Molly Novak (Rudolph) has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion, and a gigayacht—anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom when she learns, to her surprise, that she has a charity foundation run by the no-nonsense Sofia Salinas (Rodriguez), who pleads with Molly to stop generating bad press. With her devoted assistant Nicholas (Kim Booster) by her side, and with the help of Sofia and team—including mild-mannered accountant Arthur (Faxon) and her optimistic, pop-culture-loving cousin Howard (Funches)—Molly embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Giving back to others might be what she needs to get back to herself.
Loot was written and executive produced by Yang and Hubbard. The duo is joined by executive producers Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll), Danielle Renfrew Behrens, and Dave Becky. Rudolph and Lyonne are also teaming up for another project, the adaptation of the ghost comedy Extra Ordinary.
The 10-episode workplace comedy will debut globally with the first three episodes on Friday, June 24 on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
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Do the writers of shows release those pressers with the description of the show or is it someone in PR? Because, like, if I wrote a show, and then released that blurb about what my show was about, I would second guess all my decisions. Like did I just make Eat Pray Love the tv show?
Sort of ties into something I was thinking as I read the character descriptions, which was that describing a character as “pop-culture-loving” as a defining trait feels a little desperate.
He’s hip to the gram. Plus he watches SNL and can name four of the members of BTS.
While many loglines by series creators can be corny and awful, no doubt, this one was almost certainly written by the studio’s marketing dept.
Nat Faxon, currently fighting scurvy, was not available for comment.
Surely, “HI I’M ELFO” is a comment.
Get a load of Commento over here.
As long as this does not take Ron Funches away from being the voice of King Shark on Harley Quinn, I approve
Billionaires – they go through what we do! Money doesn’t buy happiness! Etc. etc.
I will give this a shot due to Maya but we already have Succession and shit, I don’t fucking caaaaaare about rich characters this much. Fuck ‘em. Eat ‘em. Throw their bones in a ditch.
So you expect rich people to write stories about how poor people live? That would require them to research poors or, god forbid, spend time with some. Ick
Love Faxon, Funches, and Booster, but will probably also not watch this.
the secret sauce here is yang. ‘forever’ was sneaky good and i feel like 0 people watched it.
Did Dave Becky properly atone for the Louie C. K. stuff? I’m surprised to see his name so often
Is it a quirky offbeat comedy??
isn’t it “FX’s Pose”, and not “Netflix’s Pose”?
Anything with Maya Rudolph, by definition, cannot suck.