United Kingdom, July 16 -- Jodie Whittaker has been cast with Ellen Pompeo in new comedy drama Chicks.

The Doctor Who star, who is also set to be part of the next season of Only Murders In The Building, is set to star in the upcoming Hulu pilot written by Good American Family's Katie Robbins.

As reported by Deadline, Jodie joins Ellen in the cast as her character Chickie's estranged younger half-sister Doreen.

The two-hander dramedy sees the two characters trying to get by, only for things to get turned upside down when their wise guy dad unexpectedly dies.

He leaves them a "legacy of two-bit crime", which inspires the half-sisters to carry out over the top frauds, and the whole bizarre situation brings them together.

Doreen is descr...