Julia Child Series Starring Sarah Lancashire Gets Series Pickup at HBO Max
David Hyde Pierce also stars as the famed chef’s husbandReid Nakamura | January 14, 2021 @ 12:00 PM Last Updated: January 14, 2021 @ 12:02 PM
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HBO Max has given an eight-episode series pickup to “Julia,” the scripted series based on the life of world-renowned celebrity chef Julia Child.
The series, which stars “Happy Valley’s” Sarah Lancashire as Child and “Frasier” alum David Hyde Pierce as Child’s husband, is set to resume production in the late spring.
The hourlong series from Lionsgate Television is described as an exploration into “an evolving time in American history – the emergence of a new social institution called public television, feminism and the women’s movement, the nature of celebrity and America’s cultural growth” through the lens of Child’s life “and her singular can-do spirit.”