Jemima Kirke and Allison Williams have landed the two leads opposite Lena Dunham in Dunham's HBO comedy pilot executive produced by Judd Apatow and Jenni Kohner. Kirke co-starred opposite Dunham in Dunham's much buzzed about feature Tiny Furniture, which won the top prize at this year’s South by Southwest and just earned two Gotham Film Awards nominations. Dunham was the writer, director and star of the film, with Kirke playing her friend. (photo of the two from the movie is above; the trailer for the movie, which features Dunham and Kirke, is at the bottom of the story.) After the male-centric push of his earlier collaborations, Apatow has gotten involved with not one, but three notable female productions created by women -- 'Bridesmaids' with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, 'Business Trip' with wife Leslie Mann and the upcoming Lena Dunham series for HBO, 'Girls.' Lena Dunham quickly grabbed Apatow's attention with her semi-autobiographical SXSW indie 'Tiny Furniture,' which she wrote, directed and starred in.
As Dunham described it to Cinematical last month, the series is "about a girl in New York. There's the "Carrie" type of character, Hannah, who wants to be a writer (and will be played by Dunham), Marnie, a feisty woman who wants to be a lawyer (a la Miranda) and Jessa, a flakey artist. Considering that, Apatow certainly seems like an odd choice for producer of the series. However, Dunham hit the nail on the head last month in our chat with her, explaining that though "he's not known for female-centric stories," Apatow's "aesthetic has worked really well for this really girly story."
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