New Zealand comedian and actor Jemaine Clement is starring in a new comedy series from the team behind the Emmy Award-winning “Baby Reindeer”.
“Alice and Steve” will premiere in Australia on Disney+ and the US on Hulu from June 8th.
The show synopsis reads: “Alice (Nicola Walker) is devastated when her best friend Steve (Clement) starts dating her 26-year-old daughter Izzy. She’s going to lose her best friend and her daughter in one fell swoop. Alice tries everything she can to end the relationship. Unfortunately for her, Steve’s more than ready for the attack, and what begins as a perfect friendship, devolves into an all-out feud.”
The six-part show also stars Joel Fry, Yall Topol Margalith, Tyrese Eaton-Dyce, Marcia Warren, Eilidh Fisher and Ebony Aboagye, and is created and written by Sophie Goodhart (“Sex Education”) and directed by BAFTA-winner Tom Kingsley (“Stath Lets Flats”).
The announcement comes as Clement gears up for Flight of the Conchords first show in eight years next month, when he and Bret McKenzie reunite for the Netflix is a Joke Festival.
Appearing on a recent episode of the Rolling Stone Uncut podcast, McKenzie said the Conchords are open to doing more live shows ahead of the Netflix is a Joke Festival in LA, with three live shows booked, and newly-announced warm-up shows in their home country later this month.
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“It would be fun to do some more, [but] we’re just gonna take it and see as we go,” he said.
“Playing live is pretty fun for us… Jemaine [Clement] has a really busy schedule with a lot of film work, acting and stuff. The live shows are quite good because you can go, ‘Oh, we can get a week, so maybe we could do something there within those few weeks,’ or it seems more realistic than blocking out a year or two.”