Lena Headey is moving from HBO to Showtime, playing the title role on drama pilot Rita

The Hollywood Reporter

The Game of Thrones alum will star in a remake of the 2012-17 Danish dramedy Rita, playing "a headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother who takes on every kind of authority — and her own family – in a messy, unfiltered way." This will be Headey's first on-camera TV role since Game of Thrones ended last month. On Wednesday, Headey joined the voice cast of Netflix's Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. "Rita is a deliciously subversive character who will make you laugh and cry as she continuously challenges the hypocrisy around her," says Showtime Entertainment president Jana Winograde. "It goes without saying that Lena Headey is a force, whose essence is ideal to take on this wonderfully dynamic lead role." This is the second attempt to adapt Rita in the U.S. In 2013, Bravo made a pilot starring Anna Gunn in the title role from Grey's Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff.