Amazon Prime Video has debuted the official Being the Ricardos trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s forthcoming biographical drama film, highlighting the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most influential shows of all time. Starring Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, the film is slated to arrive in theaters on December 10, followed by its streaming debut on December 21.
The video, which you can check out in the player below, features a closer look at Kidman and Bardem’s respective portrayals of TV legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It teases the conflict within their real-life marriage as well as the NBI investigation that nearly ended Ball’s career.
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Being the Ricardos is written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Aaron Sorkin, which serves as his follow-up project to his acclaimed 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7. The story centers on the stars of the iconic 50s sitcom I Love Lucy during a week of production — beginning with table reads on Mondays and ending with audience filming on Fridays — and the real relationship of Ball and Arnaz and crisis threatening to end both their careers and their marriage.
“Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear, and cultural taboos in Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama Being the Ricardos,” reads the synopsis. “A revealing glimpse of the couple’s complex romantic and professional relationship, the film takes audiences into the writers’ room, onto the soundstage and behind closed doors with Ball and Arnaz during one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom “I Love Lucy.”
The biopic stars Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Tony Hale (Veep), Alia Shawkat (Search Party), Nina Arianda (Goliath), Clark Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Jake Lacy (The White Lotus), Nelson Franklin (Veep), John Rubenstein (Family), Linda Lavin (The Good Wife0, Robert Pine (CHiPs) and Christopher Denham (Billions).
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Being the Ricardos is executive produced by the late couple’s children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. along with Escape Artists’ Jenna Block & David Bloomfield, Stuart Besser, and Lauren Lohman. It is produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch.
