Naomi Watts joins Ryan Murphy's latest Feud miniseries playing American socialite Babe Paley

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Naomi Watts has signed up to be part of Ryan Murphy's hit anthology series Feud.Following on from the success of FEUD: Bette and Joan on FX, a new project has been greenlit titled Capote's Women, where Watts is set to play American socialite Babe Paley, according to Deadline.Paley - a friend of Truman Capote - ruled the glamorous world of New York society around 1960s and 1970s.Two-time Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant will direct all eight episodes of the series, with Pulitzer-nominated writer Jon Robin Baitz serving as showrunner and will be writing all eight episodes.

New role:Naomi Watts joins Ryan Murphy's latest Feud miniseries playing American socialite Babe Paley... in drama about Truman Capote's female friends known as 'Swans'The project is an adaptation of a best selling book by Laurence Leamer titled Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era.

The miniseries will be set in the '70s with it ending around the time of Truman Capote's death in 1984.The drama follows the lives of his elegant, stylish high-society women - dubbed his 'Swans'- who included Jackie Kennedy’s sister, Lee Radziwill, Andy Warhol’s muse C.Z.

Guest, and Babe Paley.It is not yet clear which other historical figures will be depicted in the series. In good hands: Watts will be directed by two-time Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant (Watts pictured above last month)Capote's popularity with New York socialites is perhaps of little surprise considering he was hailed one of the sharpest writers of the 20th Century.His 1958 novella, Breakfast At Tiffany's, was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Audrey Hepburn, while his 1966 true crime 'non fiction novel', In Cold Blood, is often regarded as one of.