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Aussie sensations Naomi Watts and Cate Blanchett have signed on for high-profile TV gigs.
Watts (“Gypsy”) will star in HBO’s new “Game of Thrones” prequel which will be written and produced by Jane Goldman alongside author George R.R. Martin.
According to Deadline, Watts will play a “charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret” on the series, which is set thousands of years before the events of “Thrones”.
“I could not be more excited. Welcome to Westeros, Naomi,” Martin said on his official website.
Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett has joined the FX limited series “Mrs America.”
Created and written by “Mad Men” co-producer Dahvi Waller, the series tells of conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who led the fight against the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
“Through the eyes of the women of that era — both Schlafly and second wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus — the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted our political landscape,” FX said in a statement.
The 9-episode series “Mrs America,” which will begin production next year, is Blanchett’s first US TV series.
“I feel privileged to have this opportunity to collaborate with Dahvi, Stacey (Sher) and Coco (Francini) under the robust and fearless FX umbrella,” Blanchett said in a statement.
“I am extremely excited about delving into the material as there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to peel back the layers of this recent period of history, which couldn’t be more relevant today.”
