B.J. Novak is Set To Write and Produce a New Comedy Series For HBO Max Titled YOUNG PEOPLE
B.J. Novak (The Office) is set to write and executive produce a new comedy series currently in the works at HBO Max titled Young People.
The half-hour series will be produced at Warner Bros. Television and it has received a multi-script commitment at the streaming service and a writers room has been opened for the pilot plus five additional scripts.
The story will center on “six twenty-somethings from very different backgrounds and perspectives find themselves sharing an apartment in Brooklyn.” The show is also described as “tackling friendship in the age of argument, connection in the age of disconnection, and the joys and anxieties of building a life in a gig-to-gig, date-to-date, month-to-month world where living like ‘young people’ might be a transitional phase of life — or might be permanent.”
This seems like it will be a fun project for Novak to develop. He’s also got an anthology series project set up at FX. He wrote and directed the first two episodes of that show and will serve as executive producer. Novak is also preparing to direct his first feature film for Blumhouse titled Vengeance.
Source: Variety