The roster for Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz biographical drama Being the Ricardos is expanding as Arrested Development alums Tony Hale and Alia Shawkat and High Fidelity vet Jake Lacy have signed on to star, according to Variety.
The film is set to be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch, with Escape’s Jenna Block and David Bloomfield, Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lauren Lohman all attached to the project as executive producers.
“Being the Ricardos is a drama about the people behind the making of television’s most famous comedy,” Sorkin said in a statement.
Instead, he’s chosen to illuminate a snippet of time during an incredibly intense period of their show’s enduring success.