Brie Larson to executive produce and star in Apple period series ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
Academy Award-nominated writer Susannah Grant (“Erin Brockovich”) will pen and executive produce the series. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan also will executive produce under their Aggregate Films shingle, which produces shows like “Ozark” at Netflix, “A Teacher” at FX on Hulu and “The Outsider” at HBO.
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In addition, Lamarr was an inventor who, along with her friend George Antheil, a composer, patented a frequency-hopping system during World War II that was a precursor to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. In 2014, Lamarr and Antheil were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Mimi Leder directing new Reese Witherspoon-Jennifer Aniston series, Geneva Robertson-Dworet to adapt novel ‘Artemis’ for film, and Disney empowering young female filmmakers with global #DreamBigPrincess video series.
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