While the series’ title alludes to its main character facing a hardship, production forFleishman Is In Troubleis in anything but. Today,Deadlineannounced that the FX limited series has tapped megastarChrsitian Slateras the latest addition to its call sheet. Slater will join an ever-growing lineup of incredibly well known performers, includingJesse Eisenberg,Lizzy Caplan,Claire Danes,Adam Brody,Joy Supruno,Ralph Adriel Johnson,Brain Miskell,Michael Gaston,Maxim Jasper Swinton, andMeara Mahoney Gross.
An adaptation ofTaffy Brodesser-Akner’s best-selling novel of the same name,Fleishman Is In Troublewill center around its titular fortysomething character, Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg). Having recently split up with his now ex-wife, Toby is diving off into a world he’s never experienced: online dating. He soon finds that everything has changed from how one meets prospective partners to how his options have quadrupled over the decades since he had last been on the market. And then, another change happens. Just as he’s beginning to get back into the swing of things, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), takes off without a trace, leaving the newly flirty and thriving Toby to take care of the kids. Before this massive shift, Toby was living his best single life with his main stress being his job at the hospital, but now everything’s been flipped on its head. The divorcee will need to juggle family time, a promotion at work, and his social life all while he begins to dive into exactly why his marriage came to a screeching halt with Rachel leaving him in the dust.
Slater’s character, Archer Sylvan, will have a three episode arc. Sylvan is a fictitious writer and journalist whose work,Decoupling, is a reference point for Toby and Rachel as the events in the article closely mirror the dissolution of their marriage. Toby’s close friend from college, Libby Epstein (Caplan), who also serves as the narrator, is a fangirl follower of Sylvan’s.
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Transforming her work from the pages of a book to the pages of a screenplay, Brodesser-Akner is penning the script as well as executive producing alongsideSarah Timberman,Carl Beverly,Susannah Grant,Jonathan Dayton, andValerie Faris. Faris will also serve as a director for the first chunk ofFleishman Is In Trouble.
As of late, Slater has been appearing in darker series with sinister storylines includingDirty JohnandDr. Death. Along with his three episode role in the upcoming FX production, theHeathersstar will be lending his voice to Netflix’s animated office comedy,Inside Job, alongside futureFleishmanco-star Caplan. No release date has yet been set forFleishman Is In Trouble.
