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Netflix Sets 'Weather Girl' Limited Series With A24 and Team Downey

The adaptation expands the acclaimed solo play into a broader California-set story about climate and family trauma.

Overview

  • Netflix confirmed the project is in active development with no production start or release date announced, and any 2026 timelines remain speculative.
  • Playwright Brian Watkins will serve as showrunner and writer and will direct the first episode.
  • Julia McDermott will reprise her lead role from the stage production and will also serve as a producer.
  • A24 is producing, with executive producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey through Team Downey and Amanda Burrell via Ginger, after Netflix secured rights in a highly competitive pursuit.
  • Based on the Edinburgh Fringe-launched solo play, the series follows a local TV weather reporter in wildfire-scarred California, exploring climate anxiety and a strained reunion with her mother.