A Lucille Ball Biopic Is on the Way, and Cate Blanchett Is Starring!

Cate Blanchett is biting off a big role! The two-time Oscar winner (for The Aviator and Blue Jasmine) will play the legendary Lucille Ball in an authorized biopic, to be written by Aaron Sorkin. Ball and Desi Arnaz's children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., are producing the film, which is a great sign. The script hasn't even been written yet, so we don't have a release date and probably won't for a while. Blanchett can next be seen in Carol, the buzzy adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt. Basically, she has award season booked for the next several years.

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