Elizabeth Banks' Miniature Wife Peacock Series: What It's About & When It Premieres
The upcoming Peacock Original dramedy presents a tiny yet nightmarish relationship problem. Here's when it premieres, and who's in it
Peacock has some big (or more accurately, very small) news: The Miniature Wife is coming this spring.
Elizabeth Banks and Succession alum Matthew Macfadyen star in the new Peacock Original dramedy as a couple who, after an accident, find themselves dealing with a whole new type of relationship imbalance that you can guess by the title.
The show is based on the short story by Manuel Gonzales, and comes from Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Goliath, Boardwalk Empire) And it will have you looking at dollhouses in a whole new way.
Read on to learn more about The Miniature Wife and when it comes out on Peacock, and watch a first-look teaser here.
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What is Peacock's The Miniature Wife series about?
Lindy (Banks) and Les (Macfadyen) are a married couple in a crisis after Lindy is accidentally made very small after a "technological accident." As the teaser for the new series suggests, Les is a scientist whose experiment has gone horribly wrong — resulting in his wife living indefinitely in a dollhouse, because she's the size of a doll.
This incident sets the stage for unique storytelling about an unevenly matched marital dynamic, allowing the show to examine the power imbalances between spouses. Sure, lots of kids once dreamed of being tiny and living in the toy homes we meticulously designed, but not like this.
The teaser also reveals a central problem: When Les tries to make things big again after first making them small ... they tend to explode.
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When does The Miniature Wife come out on Peacock?
All 10 episodes of The Miniature Wife premiere on Thursday, April 9, only on Peacock.
The The Miniature Wife includes Elizabeth Banks & Matthew McFayden
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect) stars and executive produces as Lindy, the titular wife.
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Deadpool & Wolverine) stars and executive produces as Les, her husband.
The series also stars:
O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale, Presumed Innocent)
Zoe Lister-Jones (Life in Pieces, Beau is Afraid)
Sian Clifford (Fleabag)
Sofia Rosinsky (Paper Girls, Young Sheldon)
Ronny Chieng, Aasif Mandvi, Rong Fu, and Tricia Black will also recur.
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