Hugh Laurie to star in HBO “space comedy” from Veep creator Armando Ianucci

September 2, 2018 Off By WhoThatCelebsRS

Here’s some good report: The Hollywood Reporter has been shown that HBO is currently developing a” room humor” starring Hugh Laurie from Armando Iannucci, the innovative coerce behind hit slapsticks like Veep and The Thick of It.

Laurie will perform as Ryan Clark,” the charming and in-control American chieftain of the Avenue 5 ,” which we’re gonna go ahead and accept is a spaceship, what with the futuristic line being said to unfold “mostly in space.”

Iannucci created the sequence and will executive make the streak, which is now being picked up to captain last-place September and will movie eventually this year. It follows Succession, a recent series from Iannucci collaborator Jesse Armstrong, who wrote on both Veep and The Thick of It.

Laurie’s previous series, Chance, recently experienced elimination at Hulu after two seasons. His affair with Iannuci dates back to Veep’s fourth season, in which he had a memorable reappearing role. Next year, he’ll appear as Major de Coverley in Hulu’s six-part Catch-2 2 miniseries.