Russell Crowe To Play Roger Ailes in Showtime Series

Deadline Hollywood reports:

Showtime has given an eight-episode order to a limited series about Roger Ailes, with Oscar winner Russell Crowe set to star as the controversial Fox News founder in his US television debut.

The as-yet untitled series, a Blumhouse Television and Showtime co-production, is based on Gabriel Sherman’s bestselling book The Loudest Voice in the Room and his extensive reporting for New York magazine about the sordid allegations of sexual harassment that prompted the late Ailes’ ouster at Fox News.

Sherman co-wrote the initial episode with Spotlight writer Tom McCarthy, who will executive produce with Jason Blum. Showtime landed the Roger Ailes limited series for development in April 2017, a month before Ailes’ death.