While the idea that Netflix is conjuring up another series is hardly stop-the-presses-worthy (as if that was a valid concept on the Internet), the rapid-greenlight-giving streaming giant’s new comedy series, Living With Yourself, will be headlined by the size-fluid superhero of Marvel’s Ant-Man movies, Paul Rudd.
Netflix has announced Living With Yourself, a scripted comedy series, set for 8 initial episodes, headlined by Rudd. The plot is described as following a man who’s struggling in life, who decides to undergo a “novel treatment” that promises to make him a better person. While substantive results were produced, since the patient has indeed become new and improved, he probably should have been careful what he wished for, since the changes also reveal that he’s his own worst enemy. Consequently, Rudd is playing dual roles on the series.
Living With Yourself is the creation of attached showrunner/executive producer Timothy Greenberg, an Emmy and Peabody winner, notably from work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Serving as directors of the series is the spousal duo of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, best known for the Oscar-nominated 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine, whose most recent offering was the 2017 fact-based Battle Of The Sexes, also known from films like Ruby Sparks and a vast CV of music videos for artists like Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Macy Gray, Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Extreme and several for R.E.M., including 1982’s “Wolves, Lower,” the first video for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band.
The creative team will be joined by producers Anthony Bregman and Jeff Stern for Likely Story, as well as Tony Hernandez for Jax Media, Jeff Blitz and star Paul Rudd.
Of course, Rudd has his shrunken and/or enlarged hands full with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since the events of July’s Ant-Man And The Wasp clearly indicate that his character, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, will finally make his way into the Thanos-battling crossover storyline in the 2019-scheduled untitled Avengers: Infinity War sequel (or Avengers 4). That is currently the only thing on Rudd’s docket with the exception of Living With Yourself.
We will keep you updated on Netflix’s Living With Yourself as things develop!