Nicole Kidman is set to star in an adaptation of the Norwegian family drama Hope.
The Aussie actress, 53, will also executive produce the project, which will turn director Maria Sødahl’s Oscar hopeful into a series.
Kidman’s Blossom Films banner will be working with Amazon Studios, who has a first look deal 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 a emotionally complicated drama about a blended-family.
The film focused on the drama surrounding 12 days of the family spending Christmas together, during which time a marriage unravels.
The original Hope starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård. It was a critical success, winning European Cinemas Label award for best film in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section.
It was also nominated for best director and best actress at the 2020 European Academy Awards.
Family matters: The series is being described as a emotionally complicated drama about a blended-family. The original film starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Having a ball! News of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who just broke her silence on accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball
Alice Bell will be adapting the show and serving as executive producer.
She’s currently working with Amazon and Blossom writing and EPing the upcoming series The Expatriates, which is in pre-production. It is set to be directed by Lulu Wang and star Kidman.
News of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who just broke her silence on accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball.
‘I love Lucille, having looked now and delved into her,’ Nicole told Variety, adding that part of her preparation has been to screen old I Love Lucy episodes.
The lady herself: Rumors began flying around earlier this month that she had been cast as Lucille Ball opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz; Lucille is pictured
‘She’s an amazing woman. I’m very excited for people to see what Aaron found out about her and the way he’s interpreted Desi and Lucy and the way that it’s so rich. I didn’t know any of this,’ she confessed.
Rumors began flying around earlier this month that she had been cast as Lucille Ball opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz.
Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing the upcoming biopic Being The Ricardos for Amazon after his streaming success with The Trial Of The Chicago 7 for Netflix.
Desi, who played Lucy’s bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo on their program, had a tumultuous marriage to her in real life.
Hunk: While Nicole is said to be the pick for Lucy, Javier Bardem (pictured) is in talks for the role of her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz, Deadline reported
She filed for divorce for the first time in 1944, reportedly over his philandering and drinking, but they got back together before splitting up permanently in 1960.
In the meantime they produced two children and the sitcom that etched them into TV legend, running from 1951 to 1957.
They also starred in movies together throughout their marriage, including Forever, Darling and the Vincente Minnelli 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 his life.
Blended family: Lucy married Borscht Belt comic Gary Morton in 1961 and stayed with him until her death in 1989; the couple are pictured with Lucie and Desi Jr. in 1965
Lucy married Borscht Belt comic Gary Morton in 1961 and stayed with him until her death in 1989, while Desi married one Edith Hirsch in 1963.
Edith and Desi both died of cancer one year apart – she passed on 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 week spent making an episode of I Love Lucy during which Lucy and Desi’s marriage is shaken.
The turbulent week, reportedly running from the table read to the taping in front of a studio audience, is said to include a professional landmine for the couple as well.
Remember when: Aaron Sorkin’s new biopic is about a single week spent making an episode of I Love Lucy; Lucille and Desi are pictured on the iconic sitcom which ran from 1951 to 1957