By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Actor Jeff Daniels has some things in common with fired FBI Director James Comey.
For one, Daniels and Comey are both critics of President Donald Trump.
And now, the Emmy-winning actor will play Comey in a miniseries adaptation of Comey’s memoir, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership.”
Filming begins in November and an airdate will be announced later, reports Deadline, a website that reports on the entertainment industry.
It has yet to be decided whether the limited series will air on Showtime, CBS All Access or potentially both, Deadline reports.
Comey was fired by President Donald Trump in 2017.
A source told ticklethewire.com in 2017, shortly after Trump took office, that Comey was not a fan of the president. That became more evident as time wore on.
In July, Daniels appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and said of Trump:
“We need somebody that can take this guy on, that can punch him in the face,”
