Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy and Clark Gregg have joined Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos, the story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz now in production in Los Angeles.
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are starring respectively as Ball and Arnaz — the creatives and stars behind beloved series I Love Lucy — in Sorkin's follow-up to Netflix's Trial of the Chicago 7.
Sorkin wrote the film, which is set during one production week of I Love Lucy, when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Hale (Veep, Arrested Development) will play I Love Lucyexecutive producer and head writer Jess Oppenheimer, while Shawkat and Lacy will fill the roles as the show’s longtime writing partners,.
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