CDA’s Emily Hampshire will co-write, executive produce and star as the title character, Mary Hartman, in this remake.
“The new take on Lear’s acclaimed 1970s series hails from Schitt’s Creek co-star Hampshire, who will co-write, executive produce and star as the title character Mary Hartman; Letterkenny creator Jacob Tierney, who will co-write with Hampshire and executive produce; as well as Lear and Brent Miller, executive producing via Act III Productions. Tierney will serve as showrunner of the series, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television. That project had been in internal development at the studio since February before it was taken taken out and landed at TBS with a script development deal.”
Check out the full piece on Deadline: https://deadline.com/2021/07/mary-hartman-mary-hartman-remake-emily-hampshire-tbs-norman-lears-99th-birthday-1234800891/