Overview
- A deal announced Monday put Wildwood into development at FX and 20th Television with Lisa McGee attached as creator and executive producer.
- The series is set in the summer of 2000 in Wildwood, New Jersey, and follows a group of Irish college girls who arrive with no money, no visas and no plan.
- Reports say the project emerged from a competitive pursuit and that 20th Television EVP Carolyn Cassidy helped bring the show to the studio and FX.
- Key production details remain unconfirmed: no casting, no production schedule and no decision yet on whether the series will actually film in the Wildwood shore town.
- McGee’s track record with Derry Girls, which won BAFTA and International Emmy awards, gives the project strong creative backing and could broaden her audience in the U.S.