YouTube gives series order to Kirsten Dunst series
By Ariba Bhuvad
YouTube has given a 10-episode series order to Kirsten Dunst’s dark comedy series!
A deal has been made by YouTube for ten episodes for a dark comedy series starring Kirsten Dunst! The series, On Becoming A God in Central Florida, will star and give Dunst a role as an executive producer under George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s production company, Smokehouse Pictures along with Sony’s TriStar Television.
The series will have hour-long episodes and is set in the1990s with a dark comedy vibe. On Becoming A God in Central Florida was originally being developed at AMC and was near and dear to the late Suzanne Patmore Gibbs–TriStar TV topper.
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Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky are the writers behind Becoming A God which will take place in Orlando. The story follows Dunst’s character, Krystal Gill, a water park employee who works her way up in a pyramid scheme that eventually lost her family billions of dollars.
"“In Krystal Gill, Funke and Lutsky have created a truly delicious, sometimes diabolical female character — a dirt poor, very fierce young woman who is relentless in her pursuit of the American dream inside of an Amway-like company.” -Patmore Gibbs"
Alongside Dunst, Funky, Lutsky, and Lanthimos will executive produce the series along with Esta Spalding, who is also a showrunner. Furthermore, Charlie McDowell will be directing.
SonyTV gained a lot of success with their first YouTube production in Cobra Kai, which has just recently been renewed for a second season.
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Dunst is best known for her work in Spider-Man and for starring in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series, Fargo.
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