‘Girls’ Creator Lena Dunham Lands New HBO Pilot For 1960s Feminism Drama
The young Hollywood leading lady that has been leading the charge for modern feminism in the industry, Lena Dunham, has just landed another outstanding pilot order at HBO. This time, it is a feminism drama that takes place in the 1960s titled "Max."
According to Deadline, Dunham's creative content that has been a smash hit for the premium cable network has been all about empowering women to rise above and take a strong charge in society. As a matter of fact, you can go a little further than that and say the young actress, producer and director has been essentially the leading voice in the current generation of millennials that have taken to the cause so vehemently ever since Patricia Arquette's legendary speech at this year's Oscar's.
Now that she has had enough credibility to draw viewers, the network has officially put in a pilot order for her new drama, "Max," which stars Lisa Joyce of "Billy and Billie."
The series is set in 1963 and follows a young woman, Maxine Woodruff (Joyce), who struggles as an ambitious writer at a magazine that embraces the politics of the day. But her struggle soon comes to the forefront of the second wave of the feminism movement, which essentially fought to not only uphold women's rights but expand them to be more inclusive in the era of the working woman.
The show takes place during the same era as "Mad Men" and gives viewers the other side of the story that counters all the misogynistic characteristics of the men in that show.
The project is being executive produced by Dunham, Jenni Konner, Ilene Landress and Murray Miller. The quartet was also responsible for Dunham's other breakout hit "Girls" on the network.
There has been no word yet when the show will go into production, nor when it will premiere on the network.
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