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‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’: David E. Kelley Adaptation Of Rufi Thorpe’s Wacky Family Dramedy Brings Raucous Laughter To SXSW Opening Night
Elle Fanning stars as a college freshman who chooses to keep her baby after an affair, in a film based on Rufi Thorpe's novel premiering at SXSW.
- On March 12, 2026, Margo's Got Money Troubles premiered at SXSW in Austin, with Paramount Theatre audiences among the first to see the Apple TV+ dramedy.
- Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, the series is based on Rufi Thorpe's novel and was developed with David E. Kelley as writer and showrunner, alongside executive producers including Elle and Dakota Fanning.
- Margo becomes pregnant after an affair with a married professor and starts an OnlyFans to make ends meet; the ensemble includes Michelle Pfeiffer as Shyanne, Nick Offerman as Jinx, Thaddea Graham as Susie, and a trio of OnlyFans models helping care for Bodhi.
- A post-screening Q&A at SXSW featured David E. Kelley, Eva Anderson, Elle Fanning, and Michelle Pfeiffer, with Apple TV+ confirming an April 15, 2026 launch of three episodes and weekly releases through May 20, 2026.
- Eight 40-minute episodes shape the show's pacing and scope, and reviewers said the series explores economic precarity, single parenthood, and online sex work with empathy.
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‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’: David E. Kelley Adaptation Of Rufi Thorpe’s Wacky Family Dramedy Brings Raucous Laughter To SXSW Opening Night
The audience at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, was delighted on Thursday night to be among the first to get a taste of Apple TV’s upcoming family dramedy Margo’s Got Money Troubles on the opening night of SXSW. The festival screened the first three — that’s right, three — of eight episodes of the […]
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