Tom Ellis (Lucifer) and Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) are falling in love at Hulu: The pair are hooked up to star in and executive-produce the romantic dramedy Second Spouse, which is in improvement on the streamer, our sister website Deadline stories.
Created by Inform Me Lies showrunner/govt producer Meaghan Oppenheimer (who can also be Ellis’ real-life spouse), the half-hour undertaking is described as a darkly comedic story concerning the ups and downs of a blended household. Roberts will play Sasha, who flees from New York to London to begin over after a horrible breakup. Within the UK, she shortly falls in love with Jacob (Ellis), a lately divorced father, and the 2 impulsively get married. They “quickly be taught that there’s loads they don’t find out about one another — they usually can’t outrun their pasts perpetually.”
Along with marking Ellis and Oppenheimer’s first TV collaboration, Second Spouse additionally reunites Oppenheimer with Roberts, who executive-produced Inform Me Lies via her Belletrist Productions banner. Oppenheimer will function showrunner and EP on the potential collection.
As beforehand reported, Ellis may even be seen on Hulu within the upcoming restricted collection Washington Black, by which he stars reverse exec producer Sterling Ok. Brown (This Is Us) as an eccentric steampunk inventor whose youthful enthusiasm masks an internal vulnerability.
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