Apple Shares First Look at ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Adaptation With Brie Larson
Apple TV+ today unveiled a first-look at “Lessons in Chemistry,” its new drama series starring and executive produced by Academy Award-winner Brie Larson (“Captain Marvel,” “Room”).Based on the best-selling debut novel from author, science editor and copywriter Bonnie Garmus, “Lessons in Chemistry” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ in 2023.Larson, who will star as Elizabeth Zott, leads a co-starring cast of Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Outer Range”), Aja Naomi King (“How to Get Away with Murder,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “The Upside,” The Birth of a Nation”), Stephanie Koenig (“The Flight Attendant,” “The Offer”), Patrick Walker (“Gaslit,” “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”), Thomas Mann (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”), Kevin Sussman (“The Big Bang Theory,” “The Dropout,” “Better Call Saul”) and Beau Bridges (“Acting: The First Six Lessons,” “Homeland,” “Goliath,” “Bloodline,” “Masters of Sex,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys”).Pullman will star as Valvin, King will play Harriet Stone, Koenig will play Fran Frask, Walker will play Wakely, Mann will portray Boryweitz, Sussman will play Walter and Bridges will appear as Wilson.Set in the early 1950s, “Lessons in Chemistry” follows Zott (Larson), who dreams of becoming a scientist. When Zott gets pregnant, her lab fires her and she is all alone, left to carve out her dream in a challenging society who values women more in the domestic sphere as mothers and homemakers.