Alice Roosevelt Longworth Comedy Series In Works At HBO Max From Victor Fresco, Alexandra Petri & Kapital
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The story of former First Daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a socialite, a writer and a force in 20th Century American politics, will be the subject of a half-hour comedy series in development at HBO Max.Based on the book Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy A.
Cordery, the project comes from the Santa Clarita Diet team of writer-producer Victor Fresco, Tracy Katsky’s KatCo and Aaron Kaplan Kapital Entertainment.Co-written by Fresco and Alexandra Petri, a Washington Post columnist, Alice kicks off in 1901.Teddy Roosevelt is suddenly thrust into the presidency, bringing his seventeen-year-old daughter into the spotlight.
The country has never seen anyone like Alice Roosevelt in the White House: a whip-smart, out-of-control teenager who races cars, parties unchaperoned with boys, and dares to speak her mind.
Teddy’s at wits’ end, “I can be Alice’s father, or I can be president of the United States. I cannot do both.” But the country loves her.Dubbed “Princess Alice,” she becomes America’s first female celebrity.
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