Amazon released the first teaser for its upcoming rom-com anthology “Modern Love,” which stars Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey and John Slattery as New Yorkers looking to find, then dealing with, the ups and downs of romance in the 21st century.
The series is based on the popular New York Times column of the same name and weekly podcast. The trailer, which you can watch above, also announced the series will debut on Oct. 18.
Created by filmmaker John Carney and produced by Storied Media Group and The New York Times, “Modern Love” will consist of eight half-hour episodes that “explore love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms.”
Along with the three mentioned above, “Modern Love” features an expansive cast that also includes Dev Patel (“Lion”), Catherine Keener (“Get Out”), Andy Garcia (“Ocean’s Eleven”), Cristin Milioti (“Black Mirror”), Brandon Victor Dixon (“Power”), Olivia Cooke (“Ready Player One”), Andrew Scott (“Sherlock”), Julia Garner (“Ozark”), Shea Whigham (“Homecoming”), Gary Carr (“The Deuce,” “Downton Abbey”), Sofia Boutella (“Kingsman: The Secret Service”) and John Gallagher, Jr. (“The Newsroom”).
Todd Hoffman will executive produce the series, alongside Carney. Trish Hofmann serves as producer, with Sam Dolnick and Choire Sicha of The New York Times executive producing. “Modern Love” column editor Daniel Jones will act as consulting producer.