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Netflix Lands Lena Dunham Spy Drama ‘Covers’ From Creative Engine & Fifth Season


EXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile post-strike TV package has found a buyer. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has nabbed Covers, a drama from Girls creator Lena Dunham, who is…

In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has nabbed Covers, a drama from Girls creator Lena Dunham, who is set to write, direct and executive produce under her Good Thing Going banner; Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment ( Yellowjackets); and Fifth Season, sources tell Deadline. Inspired by real events, Covers poses the question, what if university life – the hard-partying, test-cramming, hookup-regretting reality of a college student – was actually a ruse for a more complex identity, one that no one would suspect – as intelligence officers working covertly for MI6? 1 NY Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die At the End, from Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen, with music superstar Bad Bunny executive producing.

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