Nicole Kidman will star in an adaptation of the Norwegian family drama Hope.
The Australian actress, 53, will also executive produce for the project, which will turn director Maria Sødahl’s hopeful Oscar into a series.
Kidman’s Blossom Films banner will partner with Amazon Studios, which has a first look deal with the studio.
Dramatic Role: Nicole Kidman is the lead and executive producer of a new series with Amazon Studios based on the Norwegian family drama Hope
The series is described as an emotionally complicated drama about one mixed family.
The film focused on the drama surrounding 12 days of the family spending Christmas together, during which time a marriage falls apart.
The original Hope starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård. It was a critical success and won the European Cinemas Label prize for the best film in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Actress at the European Academy Awards 2020.
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 of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who just broke her silence when she took on the coveted role of Lucille Ball.
Alice Bell will adapt the show and serve as an executive producer.
She is currently working with Amazon and Blossom on the writing and EPing of the upcoming series The Expatriates, which is in pre-production. It’s finished to be directed by Lulu Wang and star Kidman.
The news of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who just broke her silence when she took on the coveted role of Lucille Ball.
‘I love Lucille, I’ve watched her now and deepened,’ Nicole told Variety, adding that part of her preparation was to screen old I Love Lucy episodes.
The Lady Herself: Rumors started flying around earlier this month that she was cast as Lucille Ball opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz; Lucille is pictured
‘She’s a wonderful woman. I’m really excited to see people see what Aaron found out about her and how he interpreted Desi and Lucy and how it’s so rich. I didn’t know about this, ”she admitted.
Earlier this month, rumors started flying that she was cast as Lucille Ball opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz.
Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing the upcoming biopic Being The Ricardos for Amazon following his streaming success with The Trial Of The Chicago 7 for Netflix.
Desi, who played Lucy’s bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo on their show, had a tumultuous marriage to her in real life.
Hunk: While Nicole is said to be Lucy’s pick, Javier Bardem (pictured) is in talks about the role of her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz, Deadline reports
She first filed for divorce in 1944, reportedly due to his flirting and drinking, but they got back together before breaking up definitively in 1960.
In the meantime, they produced two kids and the sitcom that etched them into a TV legend, which ran from 1951 to 1957.
They also starred in films together during their marriage, including Forever, Darling and Vincente Minnelli’s comedy The Long, Long Trailer.
Despite their divorce, calling their marriage “ a nightmare, ” Lucy and Desi remained publicly amicable for the rest of his life.
Mixed family: Lucy married Borscht Belt comedian Gary Morton in 1961 and stayed with him until her death in 1989; the couple is pictured with Lucie and Desi Jr. in 1965
Lucy married Borscht Belt comedian Gary Morton in 1961 and stayed with him until her death in 1989, while Desi married Edith Hirsch in 1963.
Edith and Desi both died of cancer one year apart – she died 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 week spent making an episode of I Love Lucy that shakes up Lucy and Desi’s marriage.
The turbulent week, which reportedly runs from the table being read to the recording in front of a studio audience, would also include a professional landmine for the couple.
Remember when: Aaron Sorkin’s new biopic took about a week to make an episode of I Love Lucy; Lucille and Desi are portrayed on the iconic sitcom that ran from 1951 to 1957