‘Nobody Wants This’ season two is coming out next year, says Adam Brody
Season two is set to begin filming in February
by Emma Wilkes · NMEAdam Brody has given a timeline for the second season of Nobody Wants This, confirming it will hit Netflix next year.
Based loosely on the real-life experiences of creator Erin Foster, Kristen Bell’s Joanne is an outspoken, agnostic podcaster who embarks on a relationship with Adam Brody’s unconventional Jewish rabbi Noah Roklov.
While attending an FYC event at Netflix’s Tudum Theater in Hollywood, Brody and Bell spoke to Variety about what’s coming next in the show.
“We’re shooting in February and hopefully they’ll have it out by September next year,” said Brody of Season 2.
“We’ve added some delicious people to the mix, [new showrunners] Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan, which is very exciting,” Bell said. “Nothing has been completely decided yet, but the writers have been in it for about a month. The season is roughly boarded out and I’m very happy.”
“I want it to be good, and that can take many forms,” Brody added. “I’m not too invested in the twists and turns as long as they’re true and smart and fun to play.”
Bell also spoke about what they have to prove now the show has been as popular as it has, including to an unexpected demographic.
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“I don’t know if someone is tracking this or it’s just numbers in my head, but about seven people told me they started watching the show because their dads recommended it,” Bell said. “The algorithm is bullseye-ing dads. So late 50s to late 60s men are being targeted. Toto Wolff [CEO of Mercedes in Formula One] told me the other day he loves the show and binged it with his kids. That was definitely out of the blue.”
Last month, Foster defended the show over criticism for its depiction of Jewish women, which one critic called “mean-spirited”.
Responding to the criticism, Foster said (via Variety): “I think we need positive Jewish stories right now. I think it’s interesting when people focus on, ‘Oh, this is a stereotype of Jewish people,’ when you have a rabbi as the lead. A hot, cool, young rabbi who smokes weed. That’s the antithesis of how people view a Jewish rabbi, right?”
Foster added: “If I made the Jewish parents, like, two granola hippies on a farm, then someone would write, ‘I’ve never met a Jewish person like that before. You clearly don’t know how to write Jewish people, you don’t know what you’re doing, and that doesn’t represent us well.’”
The creator stressed that “what I really wanted to do was shed a positive light on Jewish culture from my perspective — my positive experience being brought into Jewish culture, sprinkling in a little fun, [and] educational moments.”