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When composer Carlos Rafael Rivera joined Lessons in Chemistry, the tone of the score was not fully realized yet. "When I came on, the idea that was proposed was to take something very against the time and the tone of the story," he says. "It wasn't really working, but the experience itself was good…

In working alongside costume designer Mirren Gordon-Crozier on Apple TV+’s miniseries Lessons in Chemistry, actress Aja Naomi King was impressed by the extent to which each costume brought forward was “grounded in this value system of who these people truly are.” Offering a fresh take on midcentury…

In Lessons in Chemistry, Aja Naomi King is Harriet Sloane, a 1950s lawyer and mother who lives across the street from the protagonist Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson). In Bonnie Garmus' original novel of the same name, Harriet was an older white woman who helped Elizabeth to raise her baby. But for the Apple…

Aja Naomi King received her first Emmy nomination this morning for her role as Harriet Sloane in the Apple TV+ limited series Lessons in Chemistry. “This is one of the most amazing days of my life,” says King. “Sometimes there are just things that come your way that utterly blow your mind because…

When makeup designer Miho Suzuki began working on Lessons in Chemistry, she decided the makeup needed to follow the story arc of Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson). "In the beginning, she couldn't afford to put herself together with lots of makeup and hair and fancy clothes, because she was so focused on her…

"An interesting thing about this limited series is that it chronicles this woman's life," says cinematographer Jason Oldak. "Even the episodes that Zack and I did… they're in different places in her life and substantial things happen, and I think it gave us the freedom to give our own voice while keeping…

Apple TV+'s Lessons in Chemistry is the story of biogeneticist cooking show host Elizabeth Zott. Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera said he had to answer the question "what would a biogeneticist sound like?" when pilot director Sarah Adina Smith asked him to write the series’ music. This led him to some…

Editor’s note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features standout limited or anthology series scripts in 2024 Emmy contention. Forget Captain Marvel: Brie Larson plays a far more relatable feminist superhero in Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, an adaptation of the Bonnie Garmus novel about a brainy…

Brie Larson has been deep into the actor’s side of things her entire life, starting in a Tonight Show sketch as Barbie opposite Jay Leno and becoming the youngest member ever of the famous American Conservatory Theatre at age 6. From there it has been…

Lessons in Chemistry star and executive producer Brie Larson, showrunner and executive producer Lee Eisenberg, and show’s co-stars Lewis Pullman and Aja Naomi King were at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday to discuss the Apple TV+ limited drama series and the potential for a second season. Based…

It’s been an eventful 2023 for international TV and film. As the strikes shut down Hollywood and streamers retrenched from the mega-spends of the Covid era, shows and movies from far and wide remained in demand like never before, as viewers continued to look to new countries for inspiration. Call it the Sq…

Apple TV+ has set a fall premiere date for limited drama series Lessons in Chemistry, starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Brie Larson. The series will debut with the first two episodes on Friday, October 13. New episodes will debut weekly on Fridays through November 24. Based on Bonnie…