Showtime’s moving forward on the comedy series Trending Down, signing Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathryn Hahn to starring roles. Hahn will play Hoffman’s wife in the pilot episode set to film this fall with John Cameron Mitchell directing (Hedwig and The Angry Inch). Shalom Auslander created the series and will executive produce alongside Hoffman, Emily Ziff, Ken Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie.
“We are taking a markedly unconventional approach to process and content – a cross between the BBC series model and a theater workshop. And a meth lab,” said Auslander. “I wasn’t particularly interested in doing TV, and fortunately, neither was Phil. When Showtime said they weren’t either, we knew we had something. We don’t know what that is, but at least we know what it isn’t.”
The Plot:
On his birthday, Thom Payne (Hoffman) gets the gift of insignificance and also a new boss. He suspects his ED pills are interfering with his anti-depressants, leaving him with neither happiness nor… happiness. In a culture that reveres youth – a culture he helped create – Thom needs to figure out what his purpose is now that he’s halfway to death and nobody cares what he thinks. Because in a world where any Kardashian is trending up, perhaps the wise among us would heartily embrace trending down.
Source: Showtime
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