‘United States of Tara’: Showtime bets on Steven Spielberg, Diablo Cody

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Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody will tackle the subject of motherhood once again in a new television comedy for Showtime.
The cable network has picked up 12 episodes of “United States of Tara,” written by Cody and starring Toni Collette (“Little Miss Sunshine”) as a wife and mother of two who suffers from dissociative identity (formerly multiple personality) disorder.

Steven Spielberg

, who first came up with the story, will executive produce with Cody. The dark comedy will follow Tara Gregor as she –- and her various mental protectors –- raises two teens and tends to her understanding husband.

In the first episode, her other personalities include a teenage girl and an adult man who emerge during times of stress. John Corbett (‘Sex and the City’) will play Tara’s husband.

“What a pleasure to watch Diablo Cody and Toni Collette work together, a combination of inspired writing and acting that raises this show from just a curiosity to a compelling examination of a modern family,” said Showtime president of entertainment, Robert Greenblatt.

-- Denise Martin

Photo: Screenwriter Diablo Cody at the ‘What Happens in Vegas’ premiere in May.