Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that Whittaker will play Doreen, the wiry, street-smart younger half-sister opposite Pompeo’s Chickie.
- Chicks is a two-hander family dramedy about estranged half-sisters who inherit a legacy of small-time crime and begin running increasingly audacious cons.
- The pilot was developed by writer Katie Robbins specifically for Pompeo, who will also executive produce under her Calamity Jane banner with Laura Holstein.
- 20th Television is set as the studio and the project is reportedly eyeing a September production start in New York, though a series order has not been made.
- Whittaker arrives with recent high-profile credits and awards attention, a factor that could boost industry interest while Hulu evaluates the pilot alongside its wider commissioning slate.