Laura Linney in Showtime series The Big C

Three-time Academy Award® nominee, three-time Emmy® winner, and SAG® and Golden Globe® Award winner Laura Linney comes to series television on SHOWTIME® as star and executive producer of the provocative new half-hour original dark comedy series, THE BIG C. Linney plays a reserved suburban wife and mother whose recent cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humor and the light side of a dark situation, while managing her immature but well-meaning husband, played by Oliver Platt. THE BIG C will shoot 13 episodes later this spring for a summer debut.

THE BIG C is created and written by Darlene Hunt, who will serve as executive producer, along with Linney, Neal H. Moritz and Vivian Cannon. It is produced by Original Film in association with Sony Pictures Television. The pilot was directed by acclaimed writer/director/producer Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), who also served as an executive producer. THE BIG C reunites him with both Linney, who he directed to a Supporting Actress Oscar¬Æ nomination for her work in ” Kinsey,” Platt (who co-starred in “Kinsey” ), and SHOWTIME¬Æ, which premiered Condon’s 1998 film “Gods and Monsters,” which he wrote and directed. Oscar¬Æ, Golden Globe¬Æ and SAG¬Æ nominee Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) will guest star in the pilot episode.

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