Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton team to film Bob Fosse TV series

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has been signed up to produce an eight-episode series about the romantic and creative partnership between choreographer Bob Fosse and actress Gwen Verdon, for US TV network FX.

Based on Sam Wasson's biography, Fosse, the series has been written by Dear Evan Hansen's Steven Levenson and will have direction and choreography by Hamilton's Thomas Kail and Andy Blankenbuehler.

Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) will star as Fosse alongside Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman) as Verdon.

A new trailer has been released:

With a first look at the show available here:

He was a visionary. She made him a star.

Sam Rockwell is Bob Fosse. Michelle Williams is Gwen Verdon. @FXNetworks' new limited series, Fosse/Verdon, is coming in April. #FosseVerdonFX pic.twitter.com/WgCyAIirqx