Darren star's goldie hawn-starring comedy 'viagra diaries' nears pilot order at hbo

EXCLUSIVE: I hear that HBO is finalizing a deal for a pilot order to_ The Viagra Diaries, _a half-hour comedy created by _Sex and the City _creator/executive producer Darren Star and

starring Oscar winner Goldie Hawn. The project is looking for a director and eyes spring production start in New York. Based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker, _Viagra Diaries_ centers on

a woman (Hawn) who, after her husband has a “mid-life crisis” at 65 and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. The novel was first eyed for a feature, with

husband-and-wife duo Alan and Wendy Riche and their son Peter attached to produce. Independent TV producer Aaron Kaplan (_Terra Nova_) then took over the property and, with the Riches still

on board, took it to Star who came on board to adapt it as a comedy series. Star and Kaplan pitched the project to HBO and convinced Hawn to star in what would be her first role in almost a

decade, since the 2002 movie _The Banger Sisters_. Star, Hawn, Kaplan, Hawn, her managers Brian Medavoy and Alan Nevins as well as Alan, Wendy and Peter Riche are executive producing. After

a start in television on _Good Morning, World_ and _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_, Hawn transitioned to features, starring in a string of comedies and earning an Oscar in 1970 for_ Cactus

Flower_. Hawn and Star, who executive produces with Kaplan ABC’s midseason dramedy _GCB_, are repped by UTA. When official, _The Viagra Diaries_ will join HBO’s current crop of pilots, Noah

Baumbach’s drama _The Correction_s, produced by Scott Rudin and starring Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest and Ewan McGregor, and Doug Ellin’s comedy _40_ starring Ed Burns, Michael Imperioli,

Adrian Pasdar and Michael Rapaport.