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19.01.2022 - 04:59 / justjared.com
Chelsea Handler is set to star in a brand new comedy series based on her memoir, “Life Will Be the Death of Me”.
Deadline reports that the project has landed at Peacock, as a show in development.
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Chelsea will star in the show, as well as executive produce with Chelsea Handler Productions’s Liz Tuccillo.
The show will center on Chelsea in crisis. She goes into therapy to become a nicer and less entitled person. Mayhem and calamity ensue as she overcorrects, stumbles, regresses, and loses her marbles on her journey to self-improvement.
The half-hour series comes with emotional underpinnings as Chelsea realizes she must deal with a tragedy from her childhood in order to truly move forward.
The memoir came out in 2019.
Executive producers also include Annapurna Pictures’ Sue Naegle and Megan Ellison, Chelsea Handler Productions’ Molly Burke with Jackie Sosa as co-exec producer.
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