Hulu has given a series order to a drama written and executive produced by Liz Meriwether (New Girl, The Dropout). Emmy Rossum is executive producing and in negotiations to headline the untitled project loosely inspired by the 1987 movie Black Widow.

In the Hulu series, an FBI agent — the role Rossum is poised to play — uses the secrets from a female serial killer’s past to try and find her.

Meriwether executive produces alongside Rossum and Sara Moskowitz via Rossum’s Composition 8 banner as well as Ron Bass who wrote the 20th Century Fox-distributed 1987 film. 20th Television, where Meriwether has been based for a decade, and Searchlight TV are producing.

Rossum is probably best known for her starring role as Fiona Gallagher on Showtime’s long-running series Shameless. More recently, she headlined Peacock’s Angelyne, which she also executive produced through Composition 8 and played a lead opposite Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in Apple TV+’s The Crowded Room. Rossum, who executive produced the 2024 Starz series Three Women, recently signed with WME and is also repped by MGMT Entertainment and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan.

The 1987 movie Black Widow, written by Bass and directed by Bob Rafelson, follows two women: Catherine (Theresa Russell), who murders wealthy men whom she has married for their money, and Alexandra (Debra Winger), an agent with the Department of Justice who grows obsessed with bringing her to justice.

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