New details on The United States of Tara

Showtime announced today that the network officially greenlit 12 episodes of The United States of Tara, its new dark comedy series. As we’ve reported before, Steven Spielberg will executive produce, and Diablo Cody‘s writing the Toni Collette vehicle.

Tara, Collette’s character, has multiple personality disorder. In the announcement, the network said the show “will delve into how a dysfunctional family, including Tara’s working husband played by John Corbett (‘Sex and the City’), copes with the various identities that may appear on any given day and range in age, temperament and even gender.”

Exec Bob Greenblatt praised the Cody-Collette collaboration, saying it’s “a combination of inspired writing and acting that raises this show from just a curiosity to a compelling examination of a modern family.”

Production on the show starts this summer in LA.

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