In the age of Peak TV, there are a lot of new projects that slip under the raydar or seem like another remake, retread, or revamp of what we've already seen. But the upside, is you get something like On Becoming a God in Central Florida. Which is the crazy ass title of a new series in development at AMC set to star Kirsten Dunst, who is coming off her career-best work in Fargo. Dogtooth and The Lobster helmer Yorgos Lanthimos is on board to direct so you know it's going to be something usual and most likely, a bit unsettling.

Set in the 90s, the show will star Dunst as a woman on a quest to con her way to the top in pursuit of the American Dream. The series comes from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, Sony’s TriStar Television and AMC Studios.

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Per Deadline, here's the synopsis of On Becoming a God in Central Florida Written by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky based on a spec script they wrote.

On Becoming A God is a darkly comedic story about the cult of free enterprise and one woman’s relentless pursuit of the American Dream in the early ’90s. Recently widowed and left with nothing, minimum-wage Orlando water park employee Krystal Gill (Dunst) lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise — the cultish, flag-waving, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her to ruin in the first place.

From AMC's end, the cable network is in need of a new hit series following the end of Breaking Bad and Mad Men. The Walking Dead continues to soar and Better Call Saul has established itself as the rare spinoff-worthy of its predecessor, but AMC has struggled in recent years to launch a breakout original series on the level of those that made it a driving force in cable programming despite the critical acclaim of programs like Humans and Halt and Catch Fire.

Dunst is riding a wave of a career resurgence at the moment. In 2015, she earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her fantastic turn in Season 2 of Noah Hawley's FX series Fargo and last year, she had a key role in Jeff Nichols' slept-on sci-fi thriller Midnight Special. She can currently be seen in the awards-contender Hidden Figures and recently reteamed with Sophia Coppola for a remake of The Beguiled alongside Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, and Nicole Kidman.

Likewise, Lanthimos is in the midst of a career high after his English-language debut The Lobster, which is racking up award nominations and wins. On Becoming a God in Central Florida will be his first major TV project.