Showtime is currently working on a limited series revolving around Teddy Roosevelt, according to Variety.

The project, which is still in its early stages, will be written by David McKenna the man behind American History X, who will also serve as the show’s executive producer.

Insiders tell Variety that the series will be a “brilliant take” on Roosevelt’s life, presented as a big epic. McKenna is said to be adapting “the real-life heroic story” of the 26th U.S. president for television in a moment in time when there is significant interest in larger-than-life political figures.

The creative team have their eye on someone for the lead role who will also serve as an exec producer, but no actor is formally attached yet.

Theodore Roosevelt, often referred to as Teddy or TR, was a soldier, author, and explorer who would later become the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republic Party, he was a leader in the Progressive Era. Despite being born with debilitating asthma, Roosevelt, embraced nature and a strenuous lifestyle. He used his welcoming personality, and world-famous achievements in politics.

He campaigned vigorously across the country, helping McKinley win reelection by a landslide on a platform of peace, prosperity, and conservatism. The assassination of President McKinley in September 1901 meant that at age 42, Roosevelt had become President of the United States, the youngest in history. Leading his party and country into the Progressive Era, he championed his “Square Deal” domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs.

Source: Variety

J.J. Abrams is “more collaborative” than George Lucas, according to a Star Wars actor.

Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO since the very first Star Wars movie , argues that the new Star Wars movie is different than any other George Lucas production he has ever worked on. J.J. Abrams had big shoes to fill and according to Anthony Daniels, he is doing a good job. But, the level of secrecy surrounding the production “has been beyond ludicrous”.

“The secrecy has been beyond ludicrous,” claimed Anthony Daniels, who has played C-3PO in all seven films, in a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian. “For heaven’s sake, it’s a movie. When I got the script, it was typed in black on paper of the deepest red so you couldn’t photocopy it. I got a hangover just reading it.”

The 69-year-old revealed that he found himself facing Disney’s force over a rogue Tweet he had made about the upcoming film.

“I said that I’d met so-and-so. An actor who plays a … thing in the film. A character,” he said. “Immediately I received a message from Disney: ‘Remove the tweet! You’re not allowed to say that!’ Honestly. It’s a kind of Kremlin attitude. Look, I know perfectly well not to tell you now what I’m giving you for a Christmas present because it would spoil the surprise. And these films are all about opening the box on Christmas Day.”

But Daniels also said he supported J.J. Abrams for revitalizing the franchise.

“George [Lucas] has changed a lot over the years, but I think he finds it slightly hard to collaborate. He made decisions that I believe might have been better discussed with other people,” he said. “J.J. is more collaborative. He likes to listen.”