Here’s an enticing prospect: Cate Blanchett starring as Lucille Ball? It could happen, as production company Escape Artists is looking to put together a biopic package that includes Blanchett starring as the entertainment icon and a script that has Aaron Sorkin’s brand of wordplay{
The Hollywood Reporter’s story mentions that Sorkin hasn’t definitely signed on yet, but Ball’s story is surely a tempting draw for the writer, particularly since he could use an outlet to demonstrate he can write great female characters after criticisms on projects such as** The Social Network **and The Newsroom.
The actress and producer was a driving force alongside then husband Desi Arnaz for shows such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life With Lucy. Before her TV stardom, she worked extensively in film and is still regarded as a comedy legend. She was also the first woman to own a studio, Desilu Productions, which helped get Star Trek off the ground and was eventually sold to Gulf + Western, which also owned Paramount. Witty, warm and smart, she led a fascinating life and now her children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., are hoping that she’ll get her big screen biopic due with this authorized film.
Blanchett has several films on the way, including Carol (out November 27), which is already drawing awards talk, based-on-reality news biopic Truth and Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups, neither of which have UK release dates yet.