Nicole Kidman will star in an adaptation of the Norwegian family drama Hope.
The 53-year-old Australian actress will also produce the executive project, which will turn director Maria Sødahl’s Oscar into a series.
The Kidman’s Blossom Films banner will work with Amazon Studios, which has a first deal with the studio.
Dramatic role: Nicole Kidman plays and performs a new series with Amazon studios based on the drama of the Norwegian family Hope
The series is described as an emotionally complicated drama about a blended-family.
The film focused on the drama around 12 days in which the family spends Christmas together, during which time a marriage takes place.
Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård played the original hope. It was a critical success, winning the European Cinemas Label award for best film in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
She was also nominated for Best Director and Best Actress at the 2020 European Academy Awards.
Family Matters: The series is described as an emotionally complicated drama about a mixed family. The original film starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Have a ball! The news about the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who has just broken his silence when accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball
Alice Bell will adapt the show and serve as executive producer.
He is currently working with Amazon and Blossom on the writing and EPing of the upcoming pre-production series The Expatriates. It is set to be directed by Lulu Wang and star Kidman.
The news about the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who has just broken his silence when accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball.
“I like Lucille, after looking at her now and delving into her,” Nicole told Variety, adding that part of her preparation was to watch the old episodes of I Love Lucy.
The lady herself: Rumors started flying earlier this month that she was cast as Lucille Ball, along with Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz; Lucille is illustrated
– She’s an amazing woman. I’m very excited that people will see what Aaron found out about her and how she played Desi and Lucy and how rich he is. I didn’t know any of this, she confessed.
Rumors began flying earlier this month that she was cast as Lucille Ball, along with Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz.
Aaron Sorkin writes and directs the upcoming biopic Being The Ricardos for Amazon after his streaming success with The Trial Of The Chicago 7 for Netflix.
Although, who played Lucy’s husband, Ricky Ricardo, in their program, he had a tumultuous marriage with her in real life.
Hunk: Although Nicole is said to be the choice for Lucy, Javier Bardem (pictured) is in talks for the role of her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz, Deadline reported
She first filed for divorce in 1944, reportedly about his kindness and drink, but they reunited before finally breaking up in 1960.
In the meantime, they produced two children and the sitcom that inscribed them in the TV legend, from 1951 to 1957.
They also starred in films throughout the marriage, including Forever, Darling and Vincente Minnelli’s comedy The Long, Long Trailer.
Despite their divorce, in which she called their marriage a “nightmare”, Lucy and Desi remained publicly amicable for the rest of her life.
Mixed family: Lucy married comedian Gary Morton of Borscht Belt in 1961 and remained with him until her death in 1989; the couple is photographed with Lucie and Desi Jr. in 1965
Lucy married comedian Gary Morton of Borscht Belt in 1961 and remained with him until her death in 1989, while Desi married Edith Hirsch in 1963.
Both Edith and Desi died of cancer a year later – she passed on in 1985, and her husband, who loved his native Cuba cigars, succumbed to lung cancer in 1986.
Aaron Sorkin’s new biographical film is about a week spent making an episode of I Love Lucy during which Lucy and Desi’s marriage is shaken.
It is said that the turbulent week, which runs from the table read to the recording in front of a studio audience, would also include a professional mine for the couple.
Remember when: Aaron Sorkin’s new biopic is about a week spent making an episode of I Love Lucy; Lucille and Desi are depicted in the iconic sitcom that took place between 1951 and 1957