Helena Bonham Carter, Liam Neeson to Join BBC’s Life’s Too Short

Helena Bonham Carter and Liam Neeson will join the new television series Life’s Too Short, according to Reuters. The program will be aired on BBC2 later this year, with plans to bring it to HBO in 2012.

The comedy is about a dwarf actor who runs a talent agency. It will be written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and star Warwick Davis.

Carter received Academy Award nominations for her work in The King’s Speech and The Wings of the Dove. Among her many other many other film credits are Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, the Harry Potter series, Lady Jane, A Room with a View, Howard’s End, and Twelfth Night. Her stage credits include The Woman in White, The Chalk Garden, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Trelawny of the Wells.

Neeson’s Broadway credits include The Crucible and Anna Christie, both of which earned him Tony Award nominations, and The Judas Kiss. His film credits include Schindler’s List, for which he earned an Oscar nomination, Taken, Nell, and Chloe.