(courtesy IMP Awards)
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Platonic follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes all consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way. Platonic is a series created by writer / filmmaker Nicholas Stoller (aka Nick Stoller), director of many hit comedy movies including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, The Five-Year Engagement, Neighbors, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Storks, and last year’s Bros previously. The series is written by Francesca Delbanco, Nicholas Stoller, Guy Endore-Kaiser, Andrew Gurland, Brittany Miller, Justin Nowell, and Ron Weiner. Produced by Sony Pictures Television. Executive produced by Nick Stoller, Francesca Delbanco, Conor Welch, Rose Byrne, and Seth Rogen. (courtesy First Showing)
Healing a rift between friends is supposed to be one of life’s Very Good Things, right?
Right but what if the rapprochement happens – cue warm inner glow – and it turns out not to be a VGT after all?
Then, my friends, you have the anarchically hilarious fun of Platonic, described by First Showing as an “anti-rom-com” where all of the feels of friendship reignited suddenly becomes just a tad dysfunctional.
Not so for the reunited friends, and definitely, not good for those around him, but what was looks an abundant source of laughs for anyone who watches what could be one of the funniest shows of the year if the trailer delivers on its promise.
Platonic starts streaming its 10-episode first season on AppleTV+ on 24 May.