“Alice” may be returning to TV. Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody and “2 Broke Girls” writer and exec producer Liz Astrof are working on a reboot of CBS’ award-winning Linda Lavin-starrer. Based on “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” the 1974 Martin Scorsese drama with Ellen Burstyn in the titular role, the original CBS show premiered in 1976 and went on to air for nine seasons. This new take on the story hails from Cody, Astrof, and Warner Bros. TV, and, according to Deadline, it’s received a put pilot commitment from Fox.
The reboot sees Long Island housewife Alice Hyatt finally working “up the courage to leave her cheating husband. She drives cross-country to Arizona with her teenage son Tommy, and gets a job as a waitress at a roadside diner where the staff becomes their new surrogate family,” the source summarizes.
Cody and Astrof will write and exec produce.
Post-“Juno,” Cody’s big screen writing credits include “Tully,” “Ricki and the Flash,” and “Young Adult.” She co-created Showtime’s Toni Collette-led dissociative identity disorder dramedy “United States of Tara” and Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical Amazon comedy “One Mississippi.” Cody signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. TV last year.
“Whitney” and “Last Man Standing” are among Astrof’s previous credits.