Posted on 08/26/2019 12:42:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Viola Davis is set to portray former First Lady Michelle Obama in First Ladies, a one-hour White House drama, which has been put on fast-track development at Showtime with a three-script commitment. Davis will executive produce the project, which hails from writer Aaron Cooley (novels Four Seats: A Thriller of the Supreme Court, The Guns of Ridgewood), Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment (Otherhood), Jeff Gaspin’s Gaspin Media (LA’s Finest) and Brad Kaplan (The Intruder). Showtime and Lionsgate TV co-produce.
Viola Davis is set to portray former First Lady Michelle Obama in First Ladies, a one-hour White House drama, which has been put on fast-track development at Showtime with a three-script commitment. Davis will executive produce the project, which hails from writer Aaron Cooley (novels Four Seats: A Thriller of the Supreme Court, The Guns of Ridgewood), Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment (Otherhood), Jeff Gaspin’s Gaspin Media (LA’s Finest) and Brad Kaplan (The Intruder). Showtime and Lionsgate TV co-produce.
The idea for the series originated with Schulman, who was inspired by a spec script Cooley had written about Lady Bird Johnson. In line with the mission of Schulman’s company Welle Entertainment, which is dedicated to making female facing content, the series will look at American History presidencies through a female lens (the First Ladies).
Cooley executive produces along with Davis and Tennon via their JuVee Productions, Schulman via Welle Entertainment, Gaspin via Gaspin Media and Kaplan via LINK Entertainment.
Material for First Ladies comes entirely from the public domain. Several years ago, Reese Witherspoon and Anonymous Content teamed to produce a TV series based on Kate Andersen Brower’s bestseller First Women: The Grace & Power Of America’s Modern First Ladies, with Robin Wright attached to direct and executive produce.
Davis currently stars in How To Get Away with Murder, which begins its sixth and final season this fall on ABC. She and Tennon most recently executive produced with Steph Curry documentary Emanuel about the shooting tragedy that struck the Emanuel A.M.E. church on June 17, 2015. JuVee’s Davis and Tennon also are executive producing Fast Color, a TV series based on the 2018 sci-fi film, for Amazon.
Isn’t RuPaul available?
Wonder if they will depict the extravagant vacations with planeloads of sycophants?
Did Moo get a new feminine face?
Viola Davis is a tranny? Really?
Anyone want to start a pool when Big Mike formally gets into the Dem primary race?
I vote February 2, 2020, for no particular reason than it is Ground Hog day, and there is some physical resemblance to the lovely Mooch.
There is no Wookie Day that I am aware of, May 4th (be with you) is too late for the primary and subsequent Dem Star Wars bar scene convention.
No NFL linebackers available?
Michael will step in to save the Democrats from Joe’s next stroke....
Shame Harambe died.
Well, Davis at least has the wig-wearing part down. The problem will be to stretch her 5’5” frame up to Moochie’s Wookie height.
How about Victor Davis?
looks like a boner in there skinny one but still
Her boobs are too big, and she doesn’t have “cowcatcher” buck teeth.
There aren’t enough barf bags in the world
Now...if she was on the ‘Housewives of DC...’ THAT would be funny
At the convention.
Angela Davis?
Obama is Finkle!
Instead of passing out pop corn they should pass out barf bags.
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