Mozart in the Jungle is an upcoming web video series by Amazon Studios. The pilot was written by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Alex Timbers and directed by Paul Weitz. The story was inspired by Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, oboist Blair Tindall's 2005 memoir of her professional career in New York, playing various high-profile gigs with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic and the orchestras of numerous Broadway shows. The series stars Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Bernadette Peters, and Gael Garcia Bernal as 'Rodrigo' a fictionalized version of conductor Gustavo Dudamel. The first season will premiere in full on December 23, 2014.