NETFLIX ANNOUNCES NEW LIMITED-SERIES – VLADIMIR

Academy Award® Winner Rachel Weisz to Star and Executive Produce

Netflix today announced the greenlight of Vladimir, a new limited-series adapted from Julia May Jonas’s acclaimed novel.

As a woman’s life unravels, she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague. Full of sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters, Vladimir is about what happens when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality. Based on the acclaimed book by Julia May Jonas.

Rachel Weisz (The Favourite, Dead Ringers, The Constant Gardener, The Mummy) to star and executive produce, Julia May Jonas is the creator, writer and executive producer and Kate Robin (One Mississippi, The Affair, Dead to Me, Six Feet Under) to write, executive produce and will showrun. Sharon Horgan, Stacy Greenberg and Kira Carstensen executive produce for Merman Television US and Jason Winer & Jon Radler to executive produce for Small Dog Picture Company.

Tracey Pakosta, Vice President, Comedy Series, Netflix: “With Kate Robin’s expertise in crafting layered, darkly comedic female stories, a script that deftly examines the complexity of attraction and moral ambiguities, and the incomparable Rachel Weisz leading the cast, this project is a powerhouse collaboration of talented women. We can’t wait for our fans to be as obsessed with ‘Vladimir’ as we are.”

Sharon Horgan, Merman Co-founder and Executive Producer: “I fell in love with Julia’s writing from the very first paragraph. I feel very lucky and incredibly excited for Merman to bring Vladimir to life alongside Small Dog. Getting to partner with Netflix and have Rachel attached is a thrill and testament to the brilliance of the scripts.”

Studio: 20th Television. Series 8 episodes x 30.