HBO is officially feeling a great sense of Euphoria: The high school-set drama has received a 10-episode series order, the premium cable net announced Monday.
Hip-hop star Drake, meanwhile, has boarded the project as an executive producer. Euphoria‘s series order comes on the heels of similarly good news for other HBO projects, including Deadwood (which is officially getting a wrap-up movie at the network) and The Nevers, an “epic science-fiction drama” from Joss Whedon about a gang of badass Victorian women, which recently received a series order.
Sam Levinson, who previously worked on HBO’s Bernie Madoff film The Wizard of Lies, is writing all 10 episodes.
Maude Apatow (Girls), Brian “Astro” Bradley (Red Band Society), Eric Dane (The Last Ship) and Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale) round out the cast.