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A new TV series from the creator of “Gilmore Girls”
Parker Posey is leaving the world of Indy film behind, intermittingly, to dabble in TV land.
The “For Your Consideration” co-star has landed the top spot on “The Return of Jezebel James,” Amy Sherman-Palladino’s comedy pilot for Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Jezebel,” from Regency TV and writer-director Sherman-Palladino, centers on a successful children’s book editor (Parker) who is newly single and, after learning she won’t be able to conceive, asks her estranged younger sister to carry her baby for her.
Sherman-Palladino said she and husband Daniel Palladino, who are executive producing the pilot, have been big fans of Posey for years. They sent the “Jezebel” script to her knowing that the actress had turned down every pilot she had been offered in the past.
“I can’t believe it’s happening,” Sherman-Palladino said of landing Posey. “Because it’s a comedy, the character runs the gamut of emotions from laughing to flipping out to breaking your heart in 22 minutes, and only one in a zillion people has enough skill and charm to pull that off. Parker Posey is that
