Will Thorne Staff WriterKeira Knightley could be making a big step into television for the first time in a while.The British actress has signed on to star in a series adaptation of Suzanne Rindell’s novel “The Other Typist,” which is now in development at Hulu. “The L Word” creator Ilene Chaiken is set to pen the pilot, as well as serving as showrunner and producer.Searchlight Television and 20th Century Fox Television, where Chaiken is under a multi-year overall deal, are producing the series for Hulu.
According to sources, Knightley was the one who first brought the project to Searchlight’s attention and was previously developing it as a feature.Knightley will play the role of Odalie, a prim, unworldly police department typist who gets.
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