Hugh Laurie Headed to HBO's VEEP

Hugh Laurie is officially heading back to television.

Per Variety, the former HOUSE actor confirmed he would be appearing on HBO's VEEP on Twitter, saying: "Seems the cat's out of the wet paper bag. I'm doing some episodes of VEEP with the funniest and best cast on TV. I have not yet been fired."

No word yet on how many episodes Laurie will appear on.

This marks Laurie's first return to TV following his long-running role on Fox's House. Also in Laurie's queue is the film Tomorrowland.

Created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar(R) nominee for co-writing "In the Loop"), Veep stars Emmy(R) and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, who becomes Vice president, only to discover the job is nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about.

In addition to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the ensemble cast of the third season included Emmy(R) winner Tony Hale, Emmy(R) nominee Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Matt Walsh, Timothy C. Simons, Sufe Bradshaw and Kevin Dunn.

Photo by RD / Orchon / Retna Digital

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