Reese Witherspoon
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Reese Witherspoon will headline and government produce Amazon’s comedy series All Stars, because the series is getting a two-season straight order.
According to Variety, the present centres on Witherspoon as a former cheerleader from Daytona Beach who relocates to coastal England to educate cheerleading.
“I’ve been looking for a project that brought our Hello Sunshine mission to make women the heroes of their own stories to a younger generation for a long time. When I saw this story, I immediately knew this idea would do just that. The idea of watching an American woman coming to share the very American sport of cheerleading with a group of young women in the U.K. just made me so excited! I love that this show is filled with real heart, deep joy and the power of teamwork,” Witherspoon mentioned in a press release quoted in a report by Variety.
“I can’t wait to partner with the brilliant, hilarious, and talented Aline McKenna yet again to create a truly original comedic character, and with the team at Amazon whose passion for this project was unparalleled,” she added.
Lauren Neustadter will government produce Hello Sunshine alongside Witherspoon. The present’s creator and showrunner shall be Aline Brosh McKenna, who may even direct the pilot and half of the episodes and government produce by way of her Lean Machine label.
The thought was introduced by Hello Sunshine to Brosh McKenna, who wrote and directed the Netflix movie Your Place or Mine, which shall be launched on February 10 of subsequent 12 months and starring Witherspoon.
Following Daisy Jones and the Six, which can debut on Amazon on March 3, All Stars is the second written collaboration between Hello Sunshine and Amazon.