5-time Emmy Award nominee Connie Britton has been tapped to star in a lead position for Phony. The comedy sequence from Nick Paley (Marcel the Shell With Footwear On) has simply acquired a pilot order at Hulu.
Recent off her starring position within the horror film Right here After and the black comedy Winner, Britton is claimed to be enjoying a single mother named Ellen. The comedy sequence was initially deliberate for growth again in 2022.
Along with starring, the actress may even government produce the undertaking alongside Charlie’s Manufacturing Firm’s Charlie Alderman, Goddard Textiles’ Drew Goddard, and Sarah Esberg.
What’s Phony about?
Billed as a “coming-of-age thriller,” Phony will revolve round “a teen who wakes up within the hospital after a automotive accident to find his mother (Britton) — his solely guardian and his greatest good friend — seems to have been changed by an impostor,” per Selection’s report. Paley will function the author, government producer, and the pilot’s director.
Phony serves as the most recent comedy pilot ordered at Hulu, following the Murray Bartlett and Eve Hewson-led Downforce.
Britton, who made her movie debut in 1995’s The Brothers McMullen, has starred in films like Friday Evening Lights, No Wanting Again, The Subsequent Huge Factor, One Eyed King, In search of Kitty, The Lather Impact, A Nightmare on Elm Road, Searching for a Buddy for the Finish of the World, The Fitzgerald Household Christmas, The To Do Listing, Me and Earl and the Dying Lady, Professor Marston and The Marvel Girls, Bombshell, Promising Younger Girl, and Luckiest Lady Alive, amongst others.
On the tv facet, the actress is understood for her roles in The Preventing Fitzgeralds, American Horror Story: Homicide Home, Nashville, SMILF, 9-1-1, Soiled John, The White Lotus, and Pricey Edward.
Different particulars about Phony are nonetheless being saved near the vest.
