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Hulu Passes on Hillary Clinton Series ‘Rodham,’ Claire Danes and Dakota Fanning to Star as 20th TV Shops Project (EXCLUSIVE) {hulu passed}
Variety ^ | 5-13-22 | Kate Aurthur, Joe Otterson

Posted on 05/16/2022 7:55:28 PM PDT by dynachrome

Hulu has passed on “Rodham,” writer-producer Sarah Treem’s adaptation of the 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld novel that’s been in development at the streamer since summer 2020. But 20th Television is still is shopping the project to other streamers, now that Claire Danes and Dakota Fanning are attached to play Clinton at different stages of her life. In the package, Treem will write and executive produce, and James Ponsoldt will direct, with “Handmaid’s Tale” producer Warren Littlefield’s Littlefield Co. behind it.

The news of the shuffle for Rodham comes a few days before the TV industry gathers in New York from May 16-19 for the ritual of upfront presentations from the major content players.“Rodham” — published in May 2020, and a New York Times bestseller — imagined an alternative universe in which Hillary Rodham Clinton met and dated Bill Clinton at Yale Law School, but never married him. Instead of the life Clinton has actually led, in “Rodham,” she goes on to thrive as a Northwestern University professor, and launches an eventual presidential run in 2016. Real-world events — such as rape accusations against Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump as a significant figure in politics — also play out in Sittenfeld’s novel, but in vastly altered ways.

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Humor
KEYWORDS: badtv; hillary; hulu
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Dang, I was drooling like biden waiting for this .
1 posted on 05/16/2022 7:55:28 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome
...Claire Danes and Dakota Fanning are attached to play Clinton at different stages of her life.

A sweeping epic saga portrayed by two of the greatest actors of our time.

2 posted on 05/16/2022 7:59:54 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: dynachrome

No one cares about the Clintons since Trump beat her while she blew 750B.


3 posted on 05/16/2022 8:01:40 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: dynachrome
donut-girls
4 posted on 05/16/2022 8:05:42 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

There’s Claire Danes hot, then there’s Hillary.


5 posted on 05/16/2022 8:07:05 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Zathras

Who is 750B?

Does Huma know about him?

(ducks)


6 posted on 05/16/2022 8:09:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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To: dynachrome
This rino passed a Rodham too ...


7 posted on 05/16/2022 8:09:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (I await the return of The Great MAGA King)
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To: rlmorel

ROFL


8 posted on 05/16/2022 8:11:23 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: dynachrome

Clair Danes is an attractive woman. This does not compute.


9 posted on 05/16/2022 8:15:00 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Allegra

Gad. Just the thought of that Pant Suit that smells like stale urine...(((shudder)))


10 posted on 05/16/2022 8:18:02 PM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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To: dynachrome

Netflix is cutting back, Hulu has passed, Amazon i think is a question mark. So that leaves Paramount+, HBOMAX, a few others. Hillary is just Toxic and will remain so. No one really wants a movie about her fantasy life that she dreams about every night.


11 posted on 05/16/2022 8:23:22 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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when a deep state succubus like hulu passes on laundering a few bucks with hitlery’s screed, you KNOW she’s dead.

dead

I guess having your felonious pals like winestine and buck imprisoned has consequences.....


12 posted on 05/16/2022 8:28:02 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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Hulu doesn’t want it. Just the number of actors who have to be Arkancided would break the budget.


13 posted on 05/16/2022 8:35:37 PM PDT by FredSchwartz (What ever happened to common sense and simple logic?)
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To: dynachrome

PU.


14 posted on 05/16/2022 8:40:02 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Another possibility is that drip..drip...drip of evidence of wrongdoing could turn into a flood at any moment, devaluing the series and becoming an embarrassment to the owner. Red or blue, woke or not...these services are in business to make money and only see green. There are plenty of other lower-risk ideas out there.


15 posted on 05/16/2022 8:43:10 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: rlmorel

And old, boiled cabbage…

🤢🤮


16 posted on 05/16/2022 8:44:08 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: dynachrome; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Wouldn’t Lenny Dunham be a better choice to play the cold unt ?


17 posted on 05/16/2022 8:46:03 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Steely Tom

Brad Pitt is playing Webb Hubbell.


18 posted on 05/16/2022 8:55:22 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: dynachrome

Ungh. Entertainment industry is just rampant with democrap fluffery, wokeness, and leftist/feminist narratives.


19 posted on 05/16/2022 9:44:08 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Dakota Fanning. She and Hillary could be twins.


20 posted on 05/16/2022 10:14:21 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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