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Jake Johnson has signed on to star opposite Ophelia Lovibond in Minx on HBO Max.

HBO Max has given a ten-episode order to half-hour comedy pilot Minx. The new series, headlined by Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson, hails from Ellen Rapoport, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate Television.

Idara Victor (Shameless, Turn), Oscar Montoya (Reno 911, Bless the Harts), Jessica Lowe (Wrecked, Tacoma PD), Lennon Parham (Bless This Mess, Playing House) and Michael Angarano (This Is Us, I’m Dying Up Here) are set as series regulars opposite Ophelia Lovibond in HBO Max’s comedy pilot Minx. Additionally, New Girl alum Jake Johnson will guest star in the pilot from writer Ellen Rapoport, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate TV.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Ophelia Lovibond (Trying) is set as the lead in HBO Max’s comedy pilot Minx, from writer Ellen Rapoport, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate TV.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Rapoport and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the half-hour Minx is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers on Joyce (Lovibond), an earnest young feminist who dreams of producing a magazine by, for and about women and joins forces

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Unpregnant, Valley Girl) has been tapped to direct HBO Max’s comedy pilot Minx, from writer Ellen Rapoport (Paramount’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, Netflix’s Desperados), Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate TV.Written by Rapoport, the half-hour Minx is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers around an earnest young feminist who joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.Rapoport

“The Hangover” came out in 2009, a crop of women-aimed buddy comedies have sought to prove that you don’t need a Y chromosome to be flippin’ disgusting.Sometimes that brand of humor works, such as in the “Bridesmaids” food-poisoning scene, or when Tiffany Haddish gets hot and heavy with a grapefruit in “Girls Trip.” But those fantastic films were written and acted by some of our greatest comedic talents.Suffice to say, writer Ellen Rapoport is no Kristen Wiig.