Jodie Whittaker Joins Ellen Pompeo in Hulu Dramedy Series CHICKS From Katie Robbins
Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Attack the Block) has signed on to star opposite Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) in Chicks, the Hulu pilot from Good American Family‘s Katie Robbins. With Robbins as writer and executive producer, Chicks is a two-hander dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston.
The show follows Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen, two estranged half-sisters who are both struggling to get by when their wise guy dad unexpectedly kicks the bucket.
Their only inheritance is a legacy of two-bit crime that inspires them to run increasingly audacious frauds. As their con grows, so does their odd-couple bond, as they each start to fill the father-shaped hole in the other’s heart.
Whittaker will play Doreen, who is wiry and wired, as scrappy as they come, has worked every job under the sun, and is no stranger to a less-than-legal side hustles. But beneath her rough, wise-cracking exterior, she’s a puppy dog, and all she really wants is to be seen by her big sister Chicks.
Chicks is based on an original idea from Robbins that she developed specifically for Pompeo, inspired by conversations the two had on set of their first project together, the Hulu limited series Good American Family.
Pompeo and Robbins exec produce alongside the latter’s Calamity Jane partner Laura Holstein. The pilot is eying a September production start in New York.
via: Deadline