Millennials, this is our moment. Two of your favorite stars of the early 2000s are starring together in a new Netflix show. Veronica Mars alum Kristen Bell and The O.C.‘s Adam Brody are teaming up for the rom-com series Nobody Wants This. While the title may say one thing, everyone (at least everyone who loved Seth Cohen) wants this show.
Nobody Wants This is one of the most highly-anticipated shows of the fall, and it’s actually inspired by a true story. Netflix revealed the first photos and the swoonworthy trailer for the upcoming series on August 29. Get ready to fall for this series. Scroll down to get all the latest Nobody Wants This news.
Kristen Bell as Joanne, Adam Brody as Noah in ‘Nobody Wants This.’ (Stefania Rosini / Netflix)
When is Nobody Wants This coming out?
Nobody Wants This will drop September 26 on Netflix. The first season will consist of 10 episodes.
What is Nobody Wants This about?
The official synopsis for the series reads: “An agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party. When they walk out — together — the unlikely pair, Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody), can tell there is something between them. But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families — including her sister Morgan and his brother Sasha.”
Who is in Nobody Wants This?
Bell and Brody lead the way as Joanne and Noah. Succession alum Justine Lupe plays Morgan, Joanne’s sister. Joanne and Morgan co-host a hit podcast. Veep‘s Timothy Simons plays Sasha, Noah’s older brother.
Kristen Bell as Joanne, Justine Lupe as Morgan in ‘Nobody Wants This.’ (Hopper Stone / Netflix)
The recurring cast includes Jackie Tohn as Esther, Sasha’s wife and Noah’s sister-in-law; Michael Hitchcock as Henry, Joanne and Morgan’s newly out-of-the-closet father; Paul Ben-Victor as Ilan, Noah’s father; Sherry Cola as Ashley, Joanna’s best friend who is a proud lesbian; Shiloh Bearman as Miriam, Sasha and Esther’s teen daughter; Stephanie Faracy as Lynn, Joanne and Morgan’s mother; Tovah Feldshuh as Bina, Noah’s mother; and Emily Arlook as Rebecca, Noah’s “perfect” Jewish girlfriend.
Is there a trailer?
Netflix released the official trailer for Nobody Wants This on August 29. Joanne and Noah have a hilarious meet-cute at a party. She’s shocked to find out he’s a rabbi. The spark between them is instant, and they begin to fall for each other.
As with any relationship, Joanne and Noah’s romance ebbs and flows. “You’re never going to end up with my son,” Noah’s mother whispers to Joanne. Will their relationship clear all the hurdles thrown in front of them?
What was the inspiration behind Nobody Wants This?
Erin Foster, The New Normal writer and David Foster‘s daughter, is the mind behind Nobody Wants This. “This show is based on the only good decision I ever made: falling for a nice Jewish boy,” Foster told Tudum. “But I realized that being happy is way harder than being miserable (there’s nothing to complain about). So, I created this show based on all the ways that finding the right person can be so hard. Nobody Wants This, but we do, and that’s all that matters.”
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“She held onto so much of herself and then also created this character who I really liked, but was comfortable showing the flaws,” Foster said about Bell.
As for Brody, Foster gushed, “He’s been so careful with what he’s done. For him to feel like this was his leading man comeback onto the scene in TV was a huge honor for me.”
Foster is a showrunner alongside Craig DiGregorio. She also executive producers with Bell, DiGregorio, Sara Foster, Steven Levitan, Danielle Stokdyk, Jeff Morton, and Jack Burditt. Oly Obst is executive producer for 3arts. The series is produced for Netflix by 20th Television in association with Steven Levitan Productions.
Nobody Wants This, Series Premiere, September 26, Netflix
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