"'FOSSE/VERDON' COMING TO FX"

Today the FX network announced that they will soon begin production on an eight-episode series, "Fosse/Verdon", about the relationship between Tony, Emmy and Oscar winner Bob Fosse and his wife Gwen Verdon. Oscar winner Sam Rockwell will play Fosse and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams will play Verdon and will be created by "Hamilton" and "In the Heights" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. No air date has been announced.

Ryan Murphy has nothing to do with this series, he now has a development deal with Netflix. I commend FX for findng appropriate replacement programming and not just rolling over because there is nothing new from Murphy, except for "American Horror Story", "Feud" and "American Crime Story". I think that this series will introduce a whole new generation to Bob Fosse, who being the Broadway pioneer that he was, deserves this.

I've been wanting a FOSSE biopic for years. Was dreaming of a Fincher-directed film, but this will do.

Alison Williams will play Ann Reinking. (per Michael Musto)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB7Vb2_QpA0

I've never been a fan of hers and I hated Fool For Love but admittedly I haven't seen much of their work so this could be fine. At least on FX it probably won't look cheap.

nasty_khakis said: "No offense meant, but based on this casting we can assume we won't see much...dancing, right?"

Don't know if you are old enough to remember that Fosse chose the fabulous Roy Scheider ( who was not a dancer though light on his feet due to his amateur boxing training) to play his alter-ego, Joe Gideon, in Fosse's semi-autobiographical "All That Jazz" (one of the greatest movies of all time). Although the scenes where Scheider actually danced did not make up a majority of the movie, Scheider trained and handled the dancing segments quite credibly, Ut clearly made sense for Fosse to go with someone with the stronger acting chops who you could train to dance. So, take heart, like Scheider, Rockwell is a pretty intense, immersive actor, and the type who will, no doubt, get the dancing right.

I am so thrilled for this. That book is incredible and is ripe for dramatization.

I think Lin being in involved should garner it some attention, not to mention to A-List movie stars.

F/X is coming for Bravo and Logo as the gayest cable network.