Alex Gregory to Write Hamptons Drama Further Lane for HBO
HBO has landed Further Lane, a new drama in development from writer Alex Gregory. The Hamptons-set project attracted interest from multiple buyers before settling at the network. Deadline reported the deal on 14 October 2026.
Further Lane is planned as an upstairs-downstairs story for the present day. It plays out over the course of one summer in the Hamptons. The focus is a wealthy family and the household staff employed by them, and how wealth and ambition affect their relationships and behaviour.
The series draws on original reporting for The New Yorker by Emily Witt. Witt stays with the project as a consulting producer, advising the writers on the source material. That link gives the drama a journalism root rather than a purely fictional starting point.
Gregory will write the series and serve as executive producer, the senior credit that covers creative leadership and key decisions. The show sits in development, meaning scripts are being prepared and HBO has not yet ordered it to series. A competitive situation means more than one outlet wanted the project.
Producing the series are T-Street and New Yorker Studios. For T-Street, Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodriguez are attached as executive producers, with Allegra Greenland as co-executive producer, the next-rank producing credit. Helen Estabrook and Lajoie St. George are attached as executive producers for New Yorker Studios. T-Street is the production organisation founded by Johnson and Bergman.
The move keeps Gregory at HBO after earlier work there. He co-created the HBO limited series White House Plumbers, meaning a story designed to run for one closed-ended season. Further Lane is his first solo television series since co-creating The Studio, work that brought him four Emmys and a Golden Globe. Gregory is represented by WME for his writing work.
For viewers, this means waiting. Casting, episode count, a filming date and a premiere window have not been announced. Development is the earliest public stage, and many projects do not advance to a series order, meaning a full season commission. What makes this stand out on paper is the combination of a solo drama from an awards-winning creator with backing from both T-Street and New Yorker Studios.
