'So stoked!' Miley Cyrus confirms she will star alongside Woody Allen in his new Amazon series

Published: 20:35 EST, 25 January 2016 | Updated: 21:41 EST, 25 January 2016

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He's a veteran actor, comic and writer, with four Oscars to his name.

So perhaps wild-child Miley Cyrus, 23, might not seem the obvious casting choice for Woody Allen's latest project.

But the raunchy singer has landed a role in 80-year-old Allen's still-untitled Amazon series, Deadline revealed on Monday.

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Unlikely casting: Miley Cyrus (pictured in 2014) has landed a role in Woody Allen's six-part Amazon series

Miley - who will star alongside Allen himself and Elaine May - promptly confirmed the news with an Instagram post, showing a painting of the Annie Hall star along with the caption: 'F*** yeah ! Stoked to be in Woody Allens first series!!!!!

'I had claimed 2016 to be my year of "chillin the f*** out" but next to my bed for a few years now has been this portrait of W.A. & I was looking into his eyes when I got the call to be apart of the cast and work alongside the bad a** Elaine May & da dude himself! 1960zzzz here I cummmmm.'

While the six half-hour-episode series is set in the 1960s, Allen admitted last year to Deadline that he found the transition from writing feature films to writing a television series to be challenging.

He told them: 'It has been very, very difficult. I’ve been struggling and struggling and struggling. I only hope that when I finally do it — I have until the end of 2016 — they’re not crushed with disappointment because they’re nice people and I don’t want to disappoint them. I am doing my best'.

Hollywood veteran: Woody has set the principal cast for the six half-hour-episode series, with Miley starring alongside Elaine May and Allen himself (pictured April 2014)

Perhaps Allen isn't aware of the Wrecking Ball hit-maker's compulsive Instagram habit, also telling the publication: 'I don’t own a computer. I’ve never seen anything online at all — nothing'.

However, the Annie Hall writer, director and actor does have an exceptional knack of propelling his stars to greatness - his movies have produced seven Oscars for performance.

Cate Blanchett most recently won for her role in 2013's Blue Jasmine.

Confirming the news: Miley shared a photo of a painting of Woody beside her bed as she revealed she is 'stoked' to be a part of the project

Meanwhile, Miley is rumoured to have rekindled her romance with Liam Hemsworth and to be moving back in together.

Liam remained tight-lipped on Monday about their engagement, which looked to be back on after Miley was spotted flashing the diamond ring he gave her in June 2012 once again.

Rumours began swirling that they were back together when the pair enjoyed a holiday in his native Australia together over New Year's Eve.

After meeting on set of their movie The Last Song, the couple dated on and off for three years before getting engaged in June 2012. They confirmed their split in September 2013.