20 Most Exciting TV Shows Currently In Development

6. The One Percent

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How do you possibly follow-up the incredible Oscar winning one-two punch of Birdman and The Revenant? It's not exactly an easy task, which is maybe why director Alejandro G. Iñárritu is trying something different: television.

The One Percent, which is in development over at Starz, has been created by Ińáarritu alongside his Birdman co-writers Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Nicolás Giacobone, and Armando Bó.

The drama will follow Ed Helms' Alfred, a weak-willed 40-year-old in a long-term marriage. Previously he had dreams of working in the big city, but they were crushed when he started working for his father-in-law's farm. Alfred wins the lottery while the form comes into financial hardship, forcing Alfred to choose between his dreams, or saving the farm (and subsequently his berating father-in-law and wife who is divorcing him.

Helms is joined in the cast by Hillary Swank as his wife, and Ed Harris (last seen killing it on TV in Westworld) as the father-in-law.

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