Kathryn Hahn Will Play Joan Rivers In ‘Comeback Girl,’ Limited Series For Showtime

Following the casting news of Kathryn Hahn as Joan Rivers in an upcoming Showtime limited series, Sarah Silverman claims the role is the latest example of Hollywood’s “Jewface” problem.

WandaVision spin-off series has been confirmed, which will star fan favourite Kathryn Hahn as the villainous witch Agatha.The new Marvel show, which will stream on Disney+, has a relatively unknown plot at this stage, although Variety has reported that it will be “a dark comedy.”The publication has claimed that WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer will serve as the writer and executive producer on the project.The announcement of the spin-off comes after WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen

A Wandavision spin-off show starring Kathryn Hahn is reportedly in the works at Disney+.

wrapped up its first season last summer as a buzzy new comedy, with early followers encouraging their friends and family to get hooked on the feel-good show, which stars series creator Jason Sudeikis as the titular American football coach, who gets recruited to move across the pond and helm a Premier League club.Now, as the second season is about to conclude, the show is a downright sensation, with fans around the world and seven newly-minted Emmy Awards to its name, including the top honor,

Kathryn Hahn‘s spell-conjuring villain Agatha Harkness, who stole the spotlight in the critically acclaimed Disney+ show.Variety is reporting that she will reprise her role as the villainous witch in a spinoff series that’s already in development.That unnamed show, which Marvel — as usual — is remaining tight-lipped on, is reported to be another dark comedy like its predecessor, according to the outlet.Representatives for Disney and Hahn did not immediately respond to requests for comment from

multiple reports, Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness is getting her own Disney+ from Marvel Studios spinoff series, centered around her deliciously evil character. ET has reached out to Disney+ for confirmation. The show was described to by sources as a dark comedy with head writer Jac Schaeffer at the helm as the show's writer and executive producer. In the finale, viewers saw Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) trapping Agatha in Westview by using her powers to revert her to her Agnes persona.

Variety, which first reported news of the “WandaVision” spinoff series, the untitled show would see Hahn reprising her Emmy-nominated role as Agatha Harkness from the Marvel Cinematic Universe limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision.

Marvel Studios is developing a spinoff of Emmy-winning WandaVision for Disney+, sources confirm to Deadline. The potential spinoff would be centered around Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness character which Hahn is set to reprise across the MCU — on streaming and in movies — under a larger deal she has made with the studio, sources said.

With the massive success of “Loki” proving that Marvel Studios can make series led by a villain/anti-hero work, combined with the success of “WandaVision,” it makes total sense that Marvel Studios would be developing a new Disney+ series based on one of its most popular villainous characters, Agatha Harkness, from the latter streaming series.

A WandaVision spinoff starring Kathryn Hahn is in the works at Marvel and Disney+!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “WandaVision” spinoff starring Kathryn Hahn is in development at Disney Plus from Marvel Studios, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.Hahn would reprise the role of Agatha Harkness in the series, which is described by sources as a dark comedy, though exact plot details remain under wraps. “WandaVision” head writer Jac Schaeffer would serve as the writer and executive producer on the project.

Following the casting news of Kathryn Hahn as Joan Rivers in an upcoming Showtime limited series, Sarah Silverman claims the role is the latest example of Hollywood’s “Jewface” problem.

self-titled podcast after it was announced WandaVision actor Kathryn Hahn had been cast as Joan Rivers in an upcoming biopic.“There’s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish but people whose Jewishness is their whole being,” Silverman said.“One could argue, for instance, that a Gentile [a non-Jew] playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called ‘Jewface.’”Silverman defined “Jewface” as “when a non-Jew portrays a Jew

Sarah Silverman called out Hollywood’s tendency to cast non-Jewish actors to play Jewish characters, referring to the practice as "Jewface." The comedian, 50, pointed to Kathryn Hahn as the most recent example after the Catholic-raised actress, 48, was tapped to portray the late Joan Rivers, who was Jewish, in an upcoming limited series.

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Gilpin will play Lina, a homemaker in Indiana who, after a decade in a passionless marriage, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life.

Variety. “Riverdale” producer Greg Berlanti is on hand to direct the show.The miniseries is set after “The Late Show” cancellation, which occurred around the same time Rivers’ husband, Edgar Rosenberg, who was the show’s producer, died by suicide in 1987.“Trailblazer.

Kathryn Hahn has her next role lined up.