Nicole Kidman will star in an adaptation of the Norwegian family drama Hope.
The Australian actress, 53, will also serve as executive producer on the project, which will transform director Maria Sødahl’s aspiring Oscar into a series.
The Kidman’s Blossom Films banner will be working with Amazon Studios, which has an initial contract with the studio.
Dramatic role: Nicole Kidman is starring and executive producing a new series with Amazon Studios based on the Norwegian family drama Hope
The series is being described as an emotionally complicated drama about a mixed family.
The film focuses on the 12-day drama in which the family spent Christmas together, during which time a marriage falls apart.
The original hope was starring Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård. It was a critical success, winning the European Cinemas Label award for best film in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
He was also nominated for best director and best actress at the 2020 European Academy Awards.
Family issues: The series is being described as an emotionally complicated drama about a mixed family. The original film starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Having fun! News of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who has just broken his silence by accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball
Alice Bell will adapt the show and act as an executive producer.
She is currently working with Amazon and Blossom writing and EPing the next series The Expatriates, which is in pre-production. It’s set to be directed by Lulu Wang and star Kidman.
The news of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who has just broken his silence by accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball.
“I love Lucille, having looked and immersed myself in it now,” Nicole told Variety, adding that part of her preparation was showing old episodes of I Love Lucy.
The lady herself: Rumors began to circulate earlier this month that she had been cast to play Lucille Ball alongside Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz; Lucille is photographed
‘She is an incredible woman. I’m really excited for people to see what Aaron found out about her and the way he played Desi and Lucy and how rich it is. I didn’t know any of that, ‘she confessed.
Rumors started circulating earlier this month that she had been cast to play Lucille Ball, opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz.
Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing the next biopic Being The Ricardos for Amazon, following his streaming success with The Trial Of The Chicago 7 for Netflix.
Desi, who played Lucy’s band leader husband Ricky Ricardo on his show, had a tumultuous marriage to her in real life.
Hunk: Although Nicole is considered the choice for Lucy, Javier Bardem (pictured) is in negotiations for the role of her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz, Deadline reported
She filed for divorce for the first time in 1944, allegedly because of her betrayal and drinking, but they met again before they finally parted in 1960.
In the meantime, they produced two children and the comedy that transformed them into TV legend, which lasted from 1951 to 1957.
They also starred in films together during the wedding, including Forever, Darling and the comedy Vincente Minnelli, The Long, Long Trailer.
Despite the divorce, in which she called the marriage a “nightmare”, Lucy and Desi remained publicly friendly for the rest of their lives.
Mixed family: Lucy married comedian Gary Morton of Borscht Belt in 1961 and stayed 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 stayed with him until his death in 1989, while Desi married Edith Hirsch in 1963.
Edith and Desi died of cancer a year apart – she passed away in 1985 and her husband, who loved cigars from his native Cuba, succumbed to lung cancer in 1986.
Aaron Sorkin’s new biopic is about a single last week doing an episode of I Love Lucy, during which Lucy and Desi’s marriage is shaken.
The turbulent week, reportedly running from the table read for recording in front of a studio audience, includes a professional land mine for the couple as well.
Remember when: Aaron Sorkin’s new biopic is about a single last week doing an episode of I Love Lucy; Lucille and Desi are portrayed in the iconic sitcom that lasted from 1951 to 1957