Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s bestselling novel Fleishman Is In Trouble is being adapted into a Disney+ series starring Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg – and the new trailer gives a bittersweet portrait of the complexities of love.
The new series has a seriously impressive cast. Not only is Jesse Eisenberg taking on the role of Toby Fleishman, butElsewhere, Lizzy Caplan will be playing the role of Toby’s friend Lizzy, while Meara Mahoney Gross and Maxim Swinton portray the Fleishman’s young children Hannah and Solly.
Author Brodesser-Akner will make her TV writing debut as screenwriter for the series, also executive producing alongside Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Susannah Grant, and co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.Is there a trailer for There is indeed, and it looks like the series is going to be equally as gripping as the novel.
We also see flashbacks to bitter arguments Toby and Rachel had during their marriage as Toby reflects on how a loving relationship devolved into an acrimonious separation.