Courteney Cox to Star in Pilot For Starz Haunted House ComedyShining Vale

Okay , this seems fun : Starzis in the midst of producing a young revulsion - comedy call Shining Vale , about a torture writer take up residence in a haunted house . And Courteney Cox of Friends fame has been solicit to asterisk .

As reported byCollider , the series will star Cox as Patricia “ Pat ” Phelps , a recovering nut who hit it freehanded piece of writing about her riotous youth . After becoming a majorly successful author , Phelps has trouble work on on a followup and ends up essay out a change in scenery that remove her and her family to a house in the suburban area where horrific atrocities were committed .

pen by Jeff Astrof ( Trial & Error ) and Sharon Horgan ( Catastrophe ) and address by Dearbhla Walsh ( The Handmaid ’s Tale ) , Shining Vale seems like a playfulness time . Cox has done jokey repulsion before in the ‘ ninety with Scream , and she ’s a great actress . And , honestly , with the ascendence of Haunting of Hill House and the general popularity of creepy-crawly - place horror , a more satirical take on that style is a compelling idea . Plus , with Santa Clarita Diet cancel , our appetites for horror - drollery are leave woefully unsated . Though one hopes that Starz’spoor cut recordwith some of its musical style shows wo n’t show up here .

Courteney Cox at AFI’s Lifetime Achievement gala.