Anne Hathaway Ventures Out to TV on 'The Ambassador's Wife'
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The 'Interstellar' star will play the central character named Miranda who is kidnapped in an Arab country.

AceShowbiz - Anne Hathaway is trying her hands on TV. The 32-year-old actress has signed on to star on limited series "The Ambassador's Wife", which is based on a newly released novel by Jennifer Steil.

The series circles around an American woman who is kidnapped in Yemen, Middle East. The story is inspired by the author's personal experiences as the wife of the British Ambassador to Yemen. Hathaway is set to play the central character, Miranda, a bohemian artist who falls in love with Finn, the British ambassador to an Arab country. She finds herself thrust into a life for which she has no preparation. The couple and their toddler daughter live in a stately mansion with a staff to meet their every need, but for Miranda even this luxury comes at a price: the loss of freedom.

Trailed everywhere by bodyguards to protect her from the dangers of a country wracked by civil war and forced to give up work she loves, she finds her world shattered when she is taken hostage, an act of terror with wide-reaching consequences. As the novel weaves together past and present, we come to see how Finn and Miranda's idealism and secrets they have each sought to hide have placed them and those who trust them in peril. And when Miranda grows close to a child who shares her captivity, it is not clear that even being set free would restore the simple happiness that once was hers and Finn's.

Hathaway is also on board as producer. Entertainment One will finance the mini film while Mark Gordon Co. will develop the series. The project is in early stages since no writer or director has been attached yet.

" 'The Ambassador's Wife' is an incredible story that pulls you in immediately and resonates with all of us based on the images and news headlines that are pervasive in our lives today," said Gordon. "We are so fortunate to have Anne starring in this timely, gripping and compassionate drama. She is in a league all her own, and we cannot think of anyone who can better portray Steil's complex heroine."

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