Ellen signs on to star in her own HBO series
Posted: Wed., Jan. 28, 2009.
Ellen Barkin to star in HBO series. Actress also exec producing untitled drama.
By MICHAEL FLEMING.
HBO has ordered a half-hour pilot script and set Ellen Barkin to star in and exec produce
the untitled project. TV series would be the first for the actress. The script will be written
by Shauna Cross, who scripted Drew Barrymores upcoming directorial debut Whip It!
Story revolves around a woman famous for her high-profile marriage who divorces and re-enters
the singles market and finds herself developing a close, platonic bond with the 24 year old
son of her ex-husband.
'You have this character in her early 50s, whose life explodes unexpectedly. Her nerve and life
experience allows her to tell the world to go screw itself and they love her for it', Cross said.
Barkin will be executive producer with Cross and Mosaic's Jimmy Miller. Mosaic's Sam Hansen and
Ann Blanchard will also be producers. Barkin was last seen in Ocean's Thirteen and the Sundance
title Brooklyn's Finest. She recently completed starring roles in the Mitchell Lichtenstein-directed
Happy Tears and Rogue's Gallery.