00:00Viola Davis is set to play Michelle Obama in a new anthology series for Showtime.
00:05Yes, you heard that right. The same woman who slays on screen as Annalise Keating is going to play
00:09another total boss lady, Michelle Obama. Okay, I'm not ready.
00:14Showtime is teaming up with the How to Get Away with Murder actress to star in and executive
00:17produce the anthology First Ladies. The drama series is currently in development at Lionsgate
00:22TV with an order for three scripts at the premium cable network. The anthology focuses on the
00:26personal and political lives of First Ladies, with season one focused on Eleanor Roosevelt,
00:30Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama. Should First Ladies move to series, it would join a Showtime
00:35scripted roster that also includes The L Word, Billions, The Shy, Ray Donovan, and Shameless,
00:40among others. As for Davis, up next, she can be seen in the final season of ABC's How to Get
00:45Away with Murder when it returns in September.
00:47They took him.
00:52Laurel!
00:53Alright, for more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,
00:58I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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