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Apple TV ‘s latest series is going to opposite ends of the Earth for its inspiration and physical location.

The streamer has picked up a dramedy called Lenni , with Toni Collette playing the title character. The series is based on a critically acclaimed Norwegian show, Pernille , and has started production in Australia, almost literally the other side of the world.

In Lenni , Emmy winner Collette ( United States of Tara, Wayward ) will play a child welfare worker and divorced mother of two kids who “spends her days fighting for other people’s families while her own is in a constant state of hilarious chaos,” the logline reads. “The season follows Lenni through a new case, where the stakes couldn’t be higher as her work and personal life collides.”

The cast also includes Ciarán Hinds, Dan Wyllie, Josh McKenzie, Celeste Barber, Genevieve Hegney, Arka Das and Wayne Blair.

Made Up Stories and Keshet International are producing Lenni .…