Elizabeth Banks to Star in "The Miniature Wife"

[scidram]

You make excellent points. Several of the supporting cast members--Aasif Mandvi, Ronny Chieng, Tricia Black, and now Shaun Majumder--are comedians as well as actors. This is being billed as a romantic dramedy, so these casting choices really lean into the comedy of the situation. I'll bet you're right that they're likely coworkers of Les for that reason.

The "Upscale Patron" in a later episode might be a pivotal flashback or something like that.

Wonder if that's supposed to be Elizabeth's stunt double in the last photo.

I had never considered that being her stunt double. Could be.


Now that Peacock has released The Paper, I'm expecting we're not too far away from a trailer. According to Peacock's Wikipedia page, there isn't much of their upcoming programming that has advanced to post-production (only The Copenhagen Test). It says The Miniature Wife is still filming, but we know that's true, and it probably just hasn't been updated yet.

Peacock chose to release all 10 episodes of The Paper at once, but I'm hoping they don't do that with The Miniature Wife. I believe it will be more fun for us to discuss each episode individually than for us all to be at different places. Some of us don't have the ability to binge 13 hours of television as soon as the series drops, and I'd rather we be in sync and draw this out as long as we can.

[ensmallen]

Hope that trailer shows up soon, scidram. Just for kicks, used Gemini and a prompt from this link to make a super-lazy image real quick:
https://www.gadgetmatch.com/philippines ... mini-user/
https://gemini.google.com/app

[rscholar]

*Possible* minor date update:

MW is set to screen at the MIPCOM Cannes trade show on October 13 followed by a Q&A (seemingly not with Banks though).

There are a few articles about this, but one from FormatBiz says the show is slated for next year:

"Global distribution is handled by SPT, with the U.S. premiere slated for Peacock in 2026."

Don't know why IMDB still says 2025 but it's really looking like it'll be next year.

https://www.formatbiz.it/dettNews.aspx?id=13421

[scidram]

*Possible* minor date update:

MW is set to screen at the MIPCOM Cannes trade show on October 13 followed by a Q&A (seemingly not with Banks though).

There are a few articles about this, but one from FormatBiz says the show is slated for next year:

"Global distribution is handled by SPT, with the U.S. premiere slated for Peacock in 2026."

Don't know why IMDB still says 2025 but it's really looking like it'll be next year.

https://www.formatbiz.it/dettNews.aspx?id=13421

You know, with all the necessary post-production a show like this likely has, I was highly doubting a 2025 release. Let's hope it's an early 2026 release.

We know a trailer was shown at the NBCUniversal Upfronts event at Radio City Music Hall in May (Elizabeth Banks was there), and at the LA Screenings around the same time (Matthew Mcfadyen was there). It stands to reason that whatever is being shown at the October 13 MIPCOM event is likely going to be more than whatever was shown before. After all, the show is all filmed, and by Oct. 13, there will have been about three months full of post-production. I'm hoping that the first public trailer is released shortly thereafter.

I went to the MIPCOM site, specifically the Ways to Participate tab. Anyone willing/able to spend the €1,740 for a visitor pass, and however much it costs to get to Cannes and stay there for four days, and report back?

[Nropyub]

Anyone willing/able to spend the €1,740 for a visitor pass, and however much it costs to get to Cannes and stay there for four days, and report back?

I respect you shooting your shot, but I may have oversold the love. It's not that kind of love. More of the, thanks for all you do, I don't have any money, kind of love.

In all seriousness though I look forward to your updates. I'm so excited about this show and I think it's probably going to have a huge impact on our community. This has the potential to scratch a lot of our collective itches (short of explicitly erotic material).

[scidram]

I respect you shooting your shot, but I may have oversold the love. It's not that kind of love. More of the, thanks for all you do, I don't have any money, kind of love.

In all seriousness though I look forward to your updates. I'm so excited about this show and I think it's probably going to have a huge impact on our community. This has the potential to scratch a lot of our collective itches (short of explicitly erotic material).

Haha!

Wasn't asking for me, though I'd gladly accept such a generous offer. Was asking in general if anybody could go and report back to the rest of us. The way the article phrases it as a SCREENING of The Miniature Wife implies that it's more than just a trailer. It might be at least part of an episode. And if the point of the event is to screen it for potential buyers, it's gotta show some of the good stuff.

[scidram]

Got a quick update from the Full Cast & Crew IMDB page:

Some stunt performers are credited:

Daniel Lavigne is listed as O.T. Fagbenle's stunt double for 1 episode.

Ana Shepherd is listed as stunts / stunt driving double for Sofia Rosinsky for 10 episodes. I've long-predicted Sofia Rosinsky will play their daughter, and I can imagine a scenario where a stunt driving double for a daughter character is needed. Maybe she's rescuing her tiny mom or something. But for her to have an extensive stunt double for 10 episodes? What could that mean? And interestingly enough, Ana Shepherd has done stunt work for Gen V.

[ensmallen]

Got a quick update from the Full Cast & Crew IMDB page:

Some stunt performers are credited:

Daniel Lavigne is listed as O.T. Fagbenle's stunt double for 1 episode.

Ana Shepherd is listed as stunts / stunt driving double for Sofia Rosinsky for 10 episodes. I've long-predicted Sofia Rosinsky will play their daughter, and I can imagine a scenario where a stunt driving double for a daughter character is needed. Maybe she's rescuing her tiny mom or something. But for her to have an extensive stunt double for 10 episodes? What could that mean? And interestingly enough, Ana Shepherd has done stunt work for Gen V.

Link only says she doubles for Sofia for one episode, doesn't say who she doubles for the 9 other times she gets a credit. Weird.