J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda to Play Fred and Ethel in 'I Love Lucy' Film (Exclusive)

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Exclusive: J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda are in negotiations to join Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Aaron Sorkin’s 'I Love Lucy' drama

in Aaron Sorkin’s drama centered on television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz ofs, is set up as a feature at Amazon Studios. Kidman and Bardem are in negotiations to portray Ball and Arnaz, the first family of television that created and starred in the influential comedy that ran in the 1950s. Sorkin wrote the script and is directing.

In the show, real-life married couple Ball and Arnaz played married New York couple Lucy and Desi Ricardo, a housewife and bandleader respectively. Their best friends are another couple, Ethel and Fred Mertz, who frequently find themselves ensnared in Lucy’s complex plans of joining her husband in show business.wherein Ball and Arnaz face challenges on two fronts, one crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

. Arianda would play Vivian Vance, who played Ethel Mertz. The Emmy-winning actress would go on to join Ball in her hit 1960s sitcom,Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing the project which is eyeing an April start in Los Angeles. Jenna Block, David Bloomfield, Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Lauren Lohman are exec producing.Palm SpringsArianda won a Tony for her breakout performance inShe also played the love interest to Damien Lewis in Showtime’sShe also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s 2019 drama,

 

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Nicole Kidman? Seriously? Hasn't she already rebooted a TV icon? Everyone knows DebraMessing is the only real choice to play Lucy.

Now this is perfect casting! Nina Arianda is an incredible character actress!

No. Just no. If they’d kept Cate Blanchett then I’d give it the benefit of the doubt. It’ll end up another Grace of Monaco.

Sorkin is the ur-lib cause he thinks TV is real

Still not convinced this is a real thing.

Wyt

The casting of this film is a shitshow!

This stinker has all the earmarks of another CATS.

I wonder if JK is willing to add about 75 lbs for the role?

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JK as Fred?

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