Alec Baldwin might play a 'Rob Ford-type' mayor in new TV show

Alec Baldwin might play a 'Rob Ford-type' mayor in new TV show
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Alec Baldwin may have retired from public life, but he's certainly not out of the public eye. Deadline reports that Baldwin is in talks for three new projects: a role in Mission Impossible: 5, a film with Will Smith about football concussions, and — best of all — an NBC cable series where he could play a "Rob Ford-type mayor of New York City."

Wells Tower will write the latter show's pilot, and Baldwin will serve as executive producer along with Cary Brokaw, according to Deadline. There's no word yet on just how closely the show will parody Ford's infamous drug problem and violent acts of clumsiness.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.