A few weeks ago, the actress and comedian Maya Rudolf dazzled with his first leading role in a comedy for television. Is about loota series centered on a billionaire who awkwardly seeks to help the world through her own charitable foundation and lives from day to day alongside a charismatic team. Before the first season ends, AppleTV+ renewed production for a second installment.
“Thank you to Maya, Alan, Matt and all of the incredibly talented cast and creative team at loot who have created a show filled with engaging and endearing characters and funny and heartwarming moments throughout every episode,” said Matt Cherniss, director of programming for the service. streaming, in an official statement. “This show has captured the hearts of global audiences and we are looking forward to the second season.”
The story follows Molly Novak (Rudolph), who has the life of her dreams and everything she ever wanted including private jets, a huge mansion and a luxurious yacht. Despite having a perfect life, she faces the worst moment of her life when her husband, with whom she had a relationship for 20 years, is unfaithful to her with a much younger woman. She is about to hit rock bottom for this betrayal, but someone will come to rescue her from this meaningless routine that she has created just to kill her sorrows.
Sophie Salinas (Michaela Jae Rodriguez) is the head of her charitable foundation and has contacted this businesswoman to discuss the bad press her behavior generates. Both will have to join forces to contribute to the deficiencies of the city, and they will also have the help of Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster), Molly’s assistant, an accountant named Arthur (Nat Faxon) and a lover of pop culture, Howard (Rum Funches).
A series with influences from great TV comedies
“Molly embarks on a journey to discover herself. Perhaps helping others is the key to taking back the reins of your life”, indicates the official synopsis. loot is an original creation of the Emmy winner Alan Yang (Parks and Recreation) Y Matt Hubbard (30 Rock). Through funny dialogues, a much more modern vision and neat aesthetics, the writers present us with an eccentric work space where the audience will not only laugh, but also learn along with the protagonist.
“It’s just the idea of a fun workplace that comes from all these different characters in a room and they’re forced to stay there for eight or 10 hours a day,” Yang shared in an interview with TechMarkup. “Those shows that we love started ten years ago. [Ahora vemos] how it changed television, communications, society and we wanted to merge the two ideas. There are some less traditional aspects of the show where it’s a little more cinematic, a little more satirical, or a little more expanded and exaggerated.”
The sixth episode of loot It will be released on July 15 in AppleTV+.
