Lena Dunham has launched a new production company, Good Thing Going at HBO, a year after splitting with her longtime producing partner Jenni Konner. The company is already working on projects across film, television, theater and podcasting.
Lena was recently in the UK directing the pilot for HBO’s new banking crisis drama series Industry as a part of Good Thing Going. The show is set in the cutthroat world of international finance as seen through the eyes of ambitious twenty-somethings struggling to secure their futures.
Other projects include the Untitled Anna Delvey Story with HBO about Rachel Williams, the former friend and victim of the infamous millennial scammer. HBO secured the rights to Williams’ story which will be written by Dunham and journalist Collier Meyerson. She is also executive producing half-hour dramedy pilot Generation, created by 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, for HBO Max.
On the film side, Dunham is set to write and direct the film adaptation of Catherine Called Birdy, from Karen Cushman’s Newberry Honor novel. The film will be produced by Working Title in association with Good Thing Going and is set to shoot in early 2020. Dunham also is writing Watch Me, a feature film about the downfall of a badly behaving talk show pundit, with Amy Pascal producing.
“As a producer, my only goal is to give other artists the chance to be as noisy and honest as I’ve been,” says Dunham. “I’m firmly of the belief that we grow together when we allow each other to be as messy and complex in our art as we are in our lives. I’m so excited to be leading Good Thing Going with a group of close collaborators who share my hunger for getting hooked on new voices and perspectives.”
Lena has a lot going on right now for sure but she says, Good Thing Going has a mandate of charitable giving and raising consciousness around mental health, addiction and trauma.
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