Based on the New York Times’ column that explores relationships, love and the human connection, “Modern Love” is a new anthology TV series for Amazon Prime and it’s got quite the catch for one of its leads: Anne Hathaway, who is currently in the news again, for casually unveiling she’s pregnant with her second child. Maybe it’s all fortuitous. “Modern Love” explores “love in its multitude of forms – including sexual, romantic, familial, platonic, and self-love,” and it comes from writer/director John Carney known for romantic dramedies with a musical bent like “Once” and the indie “Sing Street.”
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Today, the series was unveiled to writers at the summer Television Critics Association press tour—a kind of promotional mini-event where various studios show off their wares to press, trying to dazzle them with footage and talent who talk about their shows in glowing, favorable terms.
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The show is an anthology series—Hathaway described them more akin to film shorts today—and the first season is inspired by “eight true stories” according to the new trailer. The series features Hathaway in one story along with Tina Fey, Dev Patel, Caitlin McGee, John Slattery, Brandon Victor Dixon, Catherine Keener, Julia Garner, Andy García, Cristin Milioti, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella, John Gallagher Jr., and Sam Masto.
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It’s quite the impressive rosters of talent, and as many anthology films know, it can be easier to cast an A-list talent if the time commitment on the project is minimal like this one.
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Hathaway said today (via Deadline), “[my character] has a lot to learn that we’re worth loving,” and when asked if romantic comedies have transferred from the small screen small, Hathaway said, “It clearly means there’s still an audience for them,” that audiences’ “time has become structured” and “what gets them to the movie theater” has changed. “People have figured out these more intimate stories are worth staying at home. I’m grateful they’re not extinct.”
Love will find its truth soon. “Modern Love,” is coming to Amazon Prime Video on October 18. Watch the first teaser below.