Overview
- Netflix publicly announced the comedy Monday, naming Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox as the principal cast.
- Tasha Smith will direct from an original script by Ali Kinney with additional writing from Tracy Oliver, blending comic and emotional themes about grief, marriage and sisterhood.
- The production is slated to begin this fall in New York City, while one trade site published unconfirmed intel about a tighter September–October shoot window and a working title.
- James Lopez and Poppy Hanks will produce for MACRO and Anikah McLaren and Mark R. Wright will produce for Higher Ground, with Michelle Obama and Charles D. King listed as executive producers.
- The project is the first announced collaboration between Higher Ground and MACRO and it underscores Netflix’s strategy of backing veteran Black talent and ensemble films aimed at adult audiences.