Jessica Chastain has crossed a lot off her career bucket list so far. She’s worked with a string of revered directors in everything from indies to blockbusters, landed two Oscar nominations, has a Golden Globe on her shelf, and essentially has her pick of some of the best roles in Hollywood. Now, she’s going to join the ongoing exodus to television.
Deadline reports that Chastain will produce and possibly star in the limited series “Mercury 13.” Todd Komarnicki (“Sully“) will be writing the project which will carry similar vibes to “Hidden Figures,” telling the story of the brave women pilots who trained in secret and passed their tests to be astronauts in Project Mercury during the 1960s, but were passed over by NASA from going into space. It would take another twenty years until a woman went into orbit.
The project is set up at ITV Studios America, and it already sounds like something potentially great. No word yet on who will direct, but I’d imagine Chastain has some serious pull to land someone strong behind the camera.