FX Orders Bob Fosse Limited Series- Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams Starring

[NotNickFury]

FX has ordered a limited series based on the life of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon with Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams attached as the series leads, Variety has learned.

Based on “Fosse,” the biography written by Sam Wasson, the untitled eight-part series tells the story of the romantic and creative partnership between Fosse and Verdon. He was a visionary filmmaker and one of theater’s most influential choreographers and directors, while she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together they changed the face of American entertainment at a perilous cost. Featuring Fosse’s choreography, the series explores the hidden corners of show business, the price of pursuing greatness, and the suffering inflicted in the name of art. Production on the series is slated to begin in the fall with the show set to launch in 2019.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, and George Stelzner will executive produce, with Rockwell and Williams also executive producing. Levenson, who will serve as showrunner, wrote the premiere episode which will be directed by Kail. Nicole Fosse, daughter of Fosse and Verdon, serves as co-executive producer and oversees The Verdon Fosse Legacy. Co-producer Andy Blankenbuehler is the choreographer.

I know next to nothing about Bob Fosse, but between the talent involved and this being on FX, I'm already sold.

 

[David H.]

 

[Pink Ranger]

I want this series inside me now.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I hope they depict the behind-the-scenes ****storm that happened during the creation of my favorite musical, Pippin. Lin-Manuel Miranda would make a great young Stephen Schwartz.

 

[Sawyer]

Know almost nothing about these two, other than really liking Cabaret, but... FX + Rockwell + Williams? Yes please.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Holy mother of ****, this looks good. Rockwell looks almost exactly like Fosse.

Know almost nothing about these two, other than really liking Cabaret, but... FX + Rockwell + Williams? Yes please.

Be careful. If you're thinking you might be too gay now, watching this would send you across the rainbow bridge. Ironically, it's a show about a sleazy straight guy who nails every woman he can get his hands on, and had one of the biggest casting couches in show business history.

 

[kvz5]

This looks INCREDIBLE.

 

[NotNickFury]

Series premiere is tonight.

 

[NotNickFury]

Very solid premiere. I know nothing about Broadway and that life, but FX always does quality programming and this definitely delivers.

Though I guess now I'll need to see Cabaret.

 

[squeekness]

They had me at Sam Rockwell.