Fox TV Studios to Produce NBC's Hillary Clinton Miniseries, Starring Diane Lane?

The New York Times reports that NBC is in talks with FOX Television Studios to produce its upcoming four-hour miniseries on the life and times of Hillary Clinton, starring Academy Award nominee Diane Lane as the former New York senator.

The biopic will air prior to the 2016 presidential elections, and even before the script has been finalized, the project has drawn backlash from Republican critics. Ironic, then, that FOX TV Studios -- connected to FOX News -- could be producing. No deal has been made at this time.

The series will reportedy not include the Monica Lewinsky Scandal that rocked the second term of Hillary's husband, former President Bill Clinton. As BWW previously reported, the series will feature Clinton's "successful 2000 Senate race, her loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries, her time as secretary of state and her role in the Benghazi debacle."

Lane made her screen debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. She has since appeared in several notable films, including the 2002 film Unfaithful, which earned her Academy Award, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Lane has also starred in The Outsiders, The Perfect Storm,Under the Tuscan Sun, Cinema Verite, and, most recently, Man of Steel.

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