Salma Hayek came on board to produce A Boob’s Life at HBO Max … about a woman whose breasts start talking to her
A few days before his new film Bliss premiered on Amazon Prime, Salma Hayek put together a new bizarre comedy series centered on a woman’s breasts.
The 54-year-old actress has signed on to develop an adaptation of Leslie Lehr’s book, A Boob ‘Life as a TV series for HBO Max, according to Deadline.
Hayek will produce through his company Ventanarosa Productions, which has an initial contract with HBO Max.
New show: just days before his new film Bliss debuts on Amazon Prime, Salma Hayek has put together a new bizarre comedy series centered on a woman’s breasts
New show: The 54-year-old actress has signed on to develop an adaptation of Leslie Lehr’s book, A Boob ‘Life as a TV series for HBO Max, according to Deadline
The series will be a half-hour comedy about a 40-year-old woman named Leslie, whose life was destroyed when her breasts started talking to her.
She is forced to look at herself in a completely new light, with the show examining the ‘reality of life in a female body in a culture that is obsessed with breasts’.
A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me – and You will be published by Pegasus Books on March 2.
Speaking of chests: the series will be a half-hour comedy about a 40-year-old woman named Leslie, whose life was destroyed when her breasts started talking to her
Cynthia Mort came on board to write the pilot, and she will also serve as a showrunner and executive producer.
Hayek will serve as executive producer alongside Ventanarosa partners Jose Tamez and Siobhan Flynn, with Lehr also serving as executive producer.
Executive producers Melissa Oman and Julie R. Snyder are also under the banner of Wheeler Girl Productions.
Executive producer: Hayek will be the executive producer alongside his Ventanarosa partners, Jose Tamez and Siobhan Flynn, with Lehr also serving as executive producer
“We are very grateful that HBO Max was insightful and bold enough to develop this program with us,” said Hayek in a statement.
“In A Boob’s Life, we use breasts as a metaphor for the constant judgment women are subjected to, creating a collective feeling that no matter what we do, we are never enough,” he added.
“In this show, we give the breast a voice that takes us through the life of a woman from a unique perspective that we often dare not see,” concluded Hayek.
Bold: ‘We are very grateful that HBO Max was insightful and bold enough to develop this program with us,’ said Hayek in a statement
Hayek is gearing up for a busy year with his new film Bliss, starring alongside Owen Wilson, premiering on Amazon Prime on Friday.
She also returns as Sonia Kincaid in the sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard 2017, entitled The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.
The beloved actress will also make her first foray into the realm of superheroes, playing Ajak in Marvel’s The Eternals, with Angelina Jolie and Gemma Chan, premiering on November 5.
New show: Hayek is preparing for a busy year with his new film Bliss, starring alongside Owen Wilson, premiering on Amazon Prime on Friday