Cate Blanchett has been confirmed to star in an upcoming Lucille Ball biopic written by Aaron Sorkin, E! News reports.
The movie will reportedly be titled Luci and Desi and will focus on Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi Arnaz. The pair married in 1940, eventually creating the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy, through their production company, Desilu, which went on to launch multiple other shows. The tumultuous couple split in 1960.
Videos by PopCulture.com
In addition to I Love Lucy, Ball starred on The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life With Lucy. During her career, Ball won four Emmys and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979.
The rights to the film have been picked up by Amazon Studios, and the authorized biography will be produced by the couple’s children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., as well as Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch.
Photo Credit: Getty / Jared Siskin
Most Viewed
-
Side-by-side: Images of Tim Allen, Stefan Gossler and Jackie Chan (Credit: Christian JENTZ/Gamma-Rapho // Franziska Krug/Getty Images // Stephane Cardinale/Corbis) -
A defocused police car sits behind crime scene tape with flashing lights at night. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) -
Handcuffs laying on top of fingerprint chart in file (Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto) -
US television personality Kylie Jenner arrives for the Wall Street Journal Magazine 2023 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on November 1, 2023. The annual awards, now in their 12th year, recognize talents from a range of disciplines, including fashion, art, literature, entertainment, architecture, design, technology, and philanthropy. (Photo by Andrea RENAULT / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images) -
Joe Tenta, Josephine Tenta, Joanna Tenta, John Jr Tenta, Fred Ottman and son induct the Natural Disasters during WWE 2025 Hall of Fame at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on April 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Eric Johnson/WWE via Getty Images)
