Michelle Pfeiffer would star as Betty Ford in the anthology series “
The First Lady.” The network also announced that Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Susanne Bier would direct and executive produce the project, which also stars and is executive produced by Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Viola Davis, who will play former first lady Michelle Obama.
The description reads, “The First Lady is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House.”
Produced by Showtime and Lionsgate Television, the series is executive produced by Oscar-winner Cathy Schulman, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Andrew Wang, Jeff Gaspin, and Brad Kaplan, and created by author Aaron Cooley, who will write several of the episodes and executive produce. The announcement was made by Amy Israel, Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.