KID MAN, BAR DE MIN TALKS FOR LUCY BIOPIC

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in talks to play Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the film Being the Ricardos, directed by Aaron Sorkin. The movie will take place during a production week on the set of I Love Lucy, starting with a Monday table read through an audience shoot on Friday. Ball and Arnaz will face challenges that could end their careers and their marriage. Sorkin has written the screenplay and will direct the film for Amazon Studios and Escape Artists.

A production start date isn't yet confirmed. Kidman, shown, previously played Grace Kelly in 2014's Grace of Monaco, and writer-director Ryan Murphy has also expressed interest in doing a Vivien Leigh biopic with her. Bardem's potential casting could raise eyebrows, given that he is Spanish and Arnaz was Cuban. Casting for William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who played the Ricardos' neighbours Fred and Ethel Mertz, hasn't yet been announced.