Unstable release date: Cast and latest news for Netflix comedy

Although estranged, his son, Jackson (John Owen) returns to help save his father and his successful company – but will he be able to do so without his father continuing to make Jackson be more like him?

Landing on our screens in a matter of days, we now also have a chaotic trailer to get excited about that gives us a glimpse into the series, as well as additional cast members like Fleabag's Sian Clifford.

With that, here's everything you need to know about Unstable.

Unstable release date

Unstable lands on Netflix on Thursday 30th March.

The series will consist of eight episodes, each with a run time of 30 minutes.

Unstable cast

The full cast list for Unstable is as follows:

• Rob Lowe as Ellis Dragon
• John Owen Lowe as Jackson Dragon
• Sian Clifford as as Anna Bennet
• Aaron Branch as Malcolm
• Emma Ferreira as Ruby
• Rachel Marsh as Luna Castillo
• Frank Gallegos as Juan
• JT Parr as Chas
• Tom Allen as JT
• Fred Armisen as Leslie
• Christina Chang

Rob and John Owen Lowe lead the cast and are executive producers of Unstable, alongside Victor Fresco (Better Off Ted, Santa Clarita Diet) and Marc Buckland (Santa Clarita Diet, The West Wing).

Of course, many know Rob Lowe from his roles in The West Wing, Parks and Recreation and even more recently, 2019 British crime drama Wild Bill.

Speaking about casting the show, but particularly Sian Clifford who many know for her role as Phoebe Waller Bridge's on-screen older sister in BBC's Fleabag, Rob Lowe revealed in an interview with Netflix: "When the three of us were on Zoom creating these characters, the character of Anna was super important.

"We saw Sian in Fleabag, and like everybody else, fell in love with her. And we were like, 'Do you think she'd ever do it?' We sent her the script and she loved it.

"It's a really unexpected version of that type of character. She can bring the dry comedy, and you also believe that she is a powerful woman in her own right. That is, you believe she is secretly running that company behind closed doors."

Unstable plot

The series follows Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe), who is a "universally admired, eccentric, narcissist-adjacent biotech entrepreneur working to make the world a better place", according to the series synopsis.

But he's also having a difficult time of it, in terms of his personal life. He's estranged from his son Jackson (John Owen Lowe) and doesn't quite know what to do with his larger-than-life emotions after the death of his wife. But while Ellis is known for these distinct personality traits, Jackson is far from being like his father.

He wants to escape from being under the shadow of Ellis but will he be able to – in addition to returning to help save Ellis, his company and their own relationship?

Speaking about thinking of the ideas for this new father-son comedy series, Rob Lowe said: "John Owen was essentially trolling me on my Instagram account. We have a fun banter together and neither one of us thought anything of it.

"It was just something we did sort of intra-family to make each other laugh and people started to notice it. People became so enamoured with it that John Owen and I couldn't do an interview without people asking about that relationship.

"We both started thinking about what a show could be. We didn't want to do a reality show, which would be the most obvious answer. If it's a scripted, fictitious show where I play a heightened version of myself, that genre feels a little played out. We spent a lot of time thinking about the base elements that go into our relationship that make it what it is, and then designed fictitious characters around it."

Is there a trailer for Unstable?

There is! It's delightfully chaotic and looks like an easygoing barrel of laughs, if ever you needed one. Watch it below:

Unstable will be released on Netflix on Thursday 30th March. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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