By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Kathryn Hahn has been tapped to play late comedy icon Joan Rivers in “The Comeback Girl”, a restricted collection in growth at Showtime.
Hahn, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her acclaimed function as Agatha Harkness within the Disney+ collection “WandaVision”, will govt produce the present as effectively.
According to Variety, Greg Berlanti will direct from govt produce and Cosmo Carlson will write and govt produce.
“The Comeback Girl” is primarily set within the aftermath of the cancellation of Rivers’ late-night speak present “The Late Show”, which coincided along with her husband and present’s producer Edgar Rosenberg’s demise by suicide.
The logline for the upcoming restricted collection is: “Trailblazer. Adored. Cruel. Diva. Joan Rivers had a life like no different. At age 54, she was a celebrity comedienne, after which all of it fell aside.
THE COMEBACK GIRL is the awe-inspiring untold story of how Joan Rivers persevered by means of close to suicide {and professional} abyss to rebuild herself and her profession to change into a world icon.”
Carlson, a two-time Black List screenwriter, wrote “The Comeback Girl” as a spec script.
The present is produced by Warner Bros Television, Atlas Entertainment and Berlanti Productions.
Hahn will quickly be seen in Apple TV’s “The Shrink Next Door”.
She not too long ago accomplished filming on Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out 2”.
