Amazon green lights Transparent season five
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Michelle Clancy
| 25 August 2017

Ramping up its drama slate, Amazon Studios has green lit a fifth season of Jill Soloway's hit series Transparent, which will begin production in 2018 and premiere on Amazon Prime Video late that year.

The entire Pfefferman family will be back, including Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Jay Duplass (Togetherness) and Amy Landecker (Louie). Andrea Sperling (Spivak) will continue as executive producer, along with Soloway.

“Over the past few seasons the Pfeffermans have gone across the world, back in time and made many, many trips to the deli,” said Joe Lewis, head, Comedy, Drama and VR, Amazon Studios. “We're so excited to see what magic Jill and the incredible team bring to this always groundbreaking series in season five.”

Tambor plays Maura Pfefferman, whose reintroduction to her family as a woman sets their journey in motion. Her ex-wife Shelly (played by Light), and their children - Ali (played by Hoffmann), Josh (played by Duplass), and Sarah (played by Landecker) - explore the uneven terrain of their own lives with poignant and meaningful results.

Soloway noted: “We are extremely grateful to Amazon Studios for their continued trust and support and to our audience for their warm embrace of the Pfeffermans. We look forward to another season of comedy and drama, love and weirdness, God and sex - in the service of community and in pursuit of peace, joy, freedom and human rights for all.”