Kate McKinnon will no longer play Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's The Dropout

Deadline

It was nearly two years ago, in April 2019, that the SNL star first became attached to the 10-episode Hulu limited series on the rise and fall of the disgraced Theranos founder, based on the ABC News podcast of the same name. "The Dropout is going forward without McKinnon," reports Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "Search is underway for a new actress to play disgraced wunderkind entrepreneur Holmes, with production targeting a summer start. Meanwhile, McKinnon remains committed to playing another notorious ripped-from-the-headlines character in a limited series based on a podcast; she is set to star as Carole Baskin in Joe Exotic, which will air on NBCUniversal’s NBC, USA and Peacock."