The New Desperate Housewives

So it has come to this is happening: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are doing TV.

The two Academy Award winners are set to headline the adaptation of the Liane Moriarty comic novel, Big Little Lies, a project that once was meant to go the way of the big screen.

Or, at least, it was originally reported that way.

David E. Kelley is now involved, too; he is writing what is now being shopped around as a limited series à la True Detective, about a trio of suburban moms whose picture-perfect lives tailspin into murder.

Clearly, since Kelley is involved, there is only one natural suggestion for the third actress to join the fun: his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Make it happen, Hollywood!

Photos: AStairwayToFashion.com (Nicole Kidman); Variety.com (Reese Witherspoon).