Linda Cardellini Joins Jason Bateman and David Harbour in HBO's Dark Comedy Series DFT ST. LOUIS

Linda Cardelliniis set to star opposite Jason Bateman and David Harbour in the upcoming HBO dark comedy limited series DTF St. Louis.

The series is a dark comedy, the title of which refers to the social media acronym for “down to f*ck.” The show is about “a love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead.”

Cardellini will take on the role of Carol. The seven-episode limited series that comes from writer, director, showrunner and executive producer Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Patriot).

Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films said in a statement: “We are tremendously excited to work with the brilliant auteur Steve Conrad, whose singularity of vision lies central to all his work as a storyteller.

“With David Harbour and Jason Bateman at series center, two masterful titans in their own right, we couldn’t be more emboldened by the journey ahead and look forward to sharing this special, emotionally provocative piece with the world come time.”

The series evolved from Conrad’s limited series project My Dentist’s Murder Trial, which HBO put in development more than two years ago with Harbour and Pedro Pascal attached to star and EP.

That was “a true-crime drama about Kingston, NY, dentist Dr. Gilberto Nunez (Pascal), who went to trial for allegedly killing his friend Tom Kolman (Harbour).”

Source: Variety