Jennifer Garner will star in "Camping," a new HBO comedy series in which the "Alias" star plays an obsessive and controlling wife thrust into the wild for a weekend away, Entertainment Weekly noted.
The eight-episode limited series sees Garner cast as a not-so-cheerful and controlling L.A. mom, a role which Konner and Dunham called "messy, tough and provocative and really, really fun."
The producers noted that Garner brought a certain warmth and intelligence to the central character, Kathryn, whose patience is tested during a camping trip to celebrate her husband's 45th birthday, which sees her "meek sister, holier than thou ex-best friend and a free-spirited tagalong in one place."
Garner's character is a control freak but her attempts to rule the weekend with an iron fist fall apart, ultimately leading to what producers are calling a weekend of tested marriages.
"We love Jennifer's restraint and comedic timing," Konner and Dunham said in a statement, per Variety. "It's truly a dream to have her first on our call sheet. Now we just have to write her some stunts."
"Camping" marks Garner's return to the small screen, having last appeared in a TV series in 2006, when she played Sydney Bristow in ABC's "Alias," Hollywood Reporter noted.
It is also Dunham and Konner's first series since "Girls" ended its six-season run on HBO last year.
The upcoming series, which is slated to begin production in L.A. this spring, is an adaptation of a British series with the same name by Julia Davis, who will executive produce the show, according to TVLine.
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