“Being the Ricardos” takes place over the course of one production week on the iconic sitcom “I Love Lucy,” which ran on CBS for six seasons from 1951 to 1957. Beginning with a Monday table read all the way through filming on Friday with an audience, Lucy and Desi face a marital crisis that could upend their careers and their relationship. Sorkin enjoys cracking pressure cookers in a limited timeframe, like his screenplay for “Steve Jobs,” which unfolded across three days (over a course of several years) in the Apple co-founder’s life. Outside of “Chicago 7,” Sorkin previously directed “Molly’s Game.”
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Production is expected to start up as soon as COVID-19 allows for filming projects to resume safely.
Kidman has already had a busy season with leading roles in the hit HBO thriller miniseries “The Undoing,” and in Netflix’s musical “The Prom.” Coming up this year, she also has the Hulu series “Nine Perfect Strangers,” and recently wrapped production on Roger Eggers’ “The Northman.”
Bardem, meanwhile, was last seen in “The Roads Not Taken” and will next be seen in the fall in “Dune.” He’s also set to star as King Triton in Disney’s live-action update on “The Little Mermaid.”
Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce “Being the Ricardos”. Executive producers are Jenna Block, David Bloomfield of Escape Artists, Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz, Jr., and Lauren Lohman.
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