Michelle Pfeiffer Set To Bring Betty Ford To The Small Screen In 'The First Lady'
Variety's Joe Otterson, the 62-year-old star of films like
Batman Returns, Scarface and
The Fabulous Baker Boys is set to bring Betty Ford -- the wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford -- to the small screen in the forthcoming series,
The First Lady.
Pfeiffer joins a cast that will also feature Emmy, Oscar and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.
Variety further reported that
The Undoing director Susanne Bier has come to terms on a deal to direct and executive produce the anthology series, which is a joint production of Showtime and Lionsgate Television.