Crowe will tackle the first major portrayal of the late architect of the cable news network, alongside a cast that also includes Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, and Seth MacFarlane.
Sienna Miller, Simon McBurney, and Annabelle Wallis also join the cast, which will feature Russell Crowe as the cable network’s former CEO.
If Kidman signs on to the feature, centered on the disgraced former Fox News chief, she will join Charlize Theron as former Fox New host Megyn Kelly.
Tom McCarthy and Gabriel Sherman co-wrote the pilot, which dives deep into how Roger Ailes changed the nation’s political and social discourse.
The legacy of the late Fox News founder will be as someone who painted a paranoid picture of the viewer under attack.
The former Fox News chief passed away early this morning.
On network television, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
Gabriel Sherman’s book “The Loudest Voice in the Room” will serve as the source material.
