Jason Bateman and David Harbour are set to star in the HBO limited series titled DTF St. Louis. The seven-episode show comes from creator and showrunner Steven Conrad, with Bateman and Harbour also executive producing.

HBO describes DTF St. Louis as a dark comedy “about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise, that leads to one of them ending up dead.”

DTF St. Louis has been in development for more than two years, originally titled My Dentist’s Murder Trial and based on a 2017 New Yorker story by James Lasdun. Harbour and Pedro Pascal were attached to star at the time, but has since exited the project, which has also evolved into an original story not based on the magazine piece.

Francesca Orsi, executive vp HBO Programming and head of HBO drama series and films, said in a statement: “We are tremendously excited to work with the brilliant auteur Steve Conrad, whose singularity of vision lies central to all his work as a storyteller. With David Harbour and Jason Bateman at series center, two masterful titans in their own right, we couldn’t be more emboldened by the journey ahead and look forward to sharing this special, emotionally provocative piece with the world come time.”

Bateman will next be seen in Netflix’s feature film Carry-On, due to premiere Dec. 13, and will star opposite Jude Law in a drama series titled Black Rabbit for the streamer in 2025. Harbour will star in Marvel’s Thunderbolts, and appear in the final season of Stranger Things set to premiere next year.

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