Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij arrive at the Chelsea Hotel in New York in a frenzy. “We’re flying by the seat of our pants,” Marling announces, underscored by the vibrating of Batmanglij’s phone; the 148-day writers’ strike ended just hours ago and now, suddenly, the duo can work once more. Inboxes are being inundated.
They are also experiencing a sense of deliverance, they say, now that they can finally talk about their new show, A Murder at the End of the World. They have been working on it for nearly half a decade, ever since the cancellation of their hit series The OA in 2019. “I feel like we’ve been on a tanker ship and we’re finally seeing land,” says Batmanglij.
