VIDEO : Apple Orders New Series from ?La La Land? Director

Apple has been making a strong push for original television projects lately, and that trend continues with the tech company now making a straight-to-series order for a new show created by Whiplash and La La Land director Damien Chazelle. In mid-January, Apple won a competitive (according to various reports) bidding war for a scripted comedy series executive produced by and starring Kristen Wiig, with Reese Witherspoon?s production company bringing it to the screen. Chazelle famously wrote and directed 2014?s Whiplash, based on a short film he created, which was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three of them (for sound mixing, sound editing, and the performance of supporting actor J.K.