Alison Brie Playing High-End Madame In Maine-Set FX Witness Protection Drama Pilot Directed By Hannah Fidell

After the recent exit of David Chase (“The Sopranos”) due to scheduling conflicts with an upcoming film, a new FX drama pilot has secured actress Alison Brie as the untitled project comes from “A Teacher” writer/director Hannah Fidell and Gina Welch.

This update on the project comes to us from Variety as Fidell and Welch will co-showrun, with the former set to direct. In the potential series, if FX likes the pilot and gives it a series order, Brie will play a high-end madame from Washington D.C. who goes into the witness protection program in Maine with her teenage daughter.

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The brief logline for the pilot:

“A violent confrontation drives a high-end DC madame (Brie) to turn on her partner and enter witness protection in seaside Maine with her adolescent daughter.”

First announced back in 2023, Chase was going to be the project’s co-creator and executive producer, since it was going to be based on one of Chase’s older unproduced scripts, which Fidell gave a contemporary take. But the outlet says he’s busy prepping a film instead, despite the high-profile casting of Alison Brie.

Fidell’s other directing credits include “The Long Dumb Road,” “Sorry For Your Loss,” “The Act,” ‘Pam & Tommy,” and “Nobody Wants This.” Some of Welch’s body of work features shows such as “Ray Donovan,” “Clipped,” “Feud,” and “The Terror.”

Brie will be seen next in the body horror flick “Together” later this month. An actress not unfamiliar with television, Brie has had roles in “Mad Men,” “Community,” lends her voice for Dan Harmon‘s Greek god animated series “Krapoplis,” and “BoJack Horseman,” along with Netflix‘s hit 80s-set wrestling series “GLOW.”

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Going by the pilot’s details, the next big casting addition will likely be the role of the daughter of Alison Brie’s character.