"When Harry Met Sally" actress Meg Ryan is set to star in EPIX' comedy series "Picture Paris." She has not been a series regular since the short-lived 1985 ABC Western "Wildside."
Ryan is expected to play the leading role as Elen Larson in "Picture Paris." According to Variety, her character Larson was previously played by "Veep" actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Brad Hall's 2011 short film of the same name.
"Picture Paris" will be a TV adaptation of Hall's short film. Similar to the short, the half-hour series will focus on a suburban empty-nester heading to Paris with her husband only to find that the trip is not quite the dream she anticipated.
The script of "Picture Paris" will be penned by Hall, who will direct at the same time. He will also executive produce with Ryan, Aaron Kaplan, and Dana Honor, Deadline reported.
The 2011's short film "Picture Paris," which starred Hall's wife Louis-Dreyfus. It did the awards circuit which was aired on HBO and topped the iTunes download charts. It was released in theaters on April 19, 2012.
For Ryan, "Picture Paris" will be her first series regular role in more than 30 years, but she is still expected for occasional guest appearances in Lisa Kudrow's "Web Therapy." It is from Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment and Entertainment One and has been put in fast-track development for a potential straight-to-series order. It also marks as a reunion with Hall for Kaplan, who represented him as an agent at WMA years ago.
Hall previously created the NBC comedy series "Watching Ellie" starring Louis-Dreyfus. He is known as a producer and writer for 1995 comedy film "Bye Bye Love" and 1991 TV series "Brooklyn Bridge."
EPIX recently made its foray into scripted series with comedy "Graves," starring "Warrior" actor Nick Nolte and "The Day After Tomorrow" actress Sela Ward, and drama "Berlin Station" starring "The Hobbit" actor Richard Armitage and "The Cabin in the Woods" actor Richard Jenkins, which are both renewed for its second season. It also has the upcoming "Get Shorty" starring "Ice Age" voice actor Ray Romano and "St. Vincent" actor Chris O'Dowd.
"Picture Paris" is expected to film in France.
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