Reese Witherspoon is clinging to the Spirit Stick after committing to the “Election” sequel “Tracy Flick Can’t Win.” According to Variety, the Oscar and Emmy winner will star in and executive produces the cheerleading comedy series “All Stars,” which has received a two-season order from Prime Video after a bidding battle. Aline Brosh McKenna, co-creator of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” wrote “The Devil Wears Prada,” and she will executive produce and administer the project. The pilot and half of the episodes will also be directed by her.
Witherspoon portrays a former cheerleader from Daytona Beach in “All-Stars” who is hired to teach cheerleading at a school in coastal England.
“I’ve been seeking a project to introduce a younger age to our Hello Sunshine vision of making women the heroines of their own stories for a long time. I knew as soon as I read this piece that it would do it,” Witherspoon remarked. I was very pleased to see an American woman fly to the UK to expose a group of young girls to the uniquely American sport of cheerleading! adore how this play exudes genuine emotion, intense excitement, and the value of cooperation.
“Daisy Jones and the Six” is now in production at Prime Video under the “Hello Sunshine” label, which Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter run. Riley Keough (“Zola”) will play the lead in the limited series, which will premiere in March and is about a rock band that became famous in the 1970s.
Together again in “All Stars,” Witherspoon and Brosh McKenna.
They recently finished “Your Place or Mine,” a romantic comedy about BFFs who switch houses for a week. The film, which starred Witherspoon and was written and directed by Brosh McKenna, debuts on Netflix on February 10.
Witherspoon was nominated for “Wild” and got an Oscar for “Walk the Line.” She received a nomination in the same category for “Little Fires Everywhere” and won an Outstanding Limited Series Emmy for her work as an executive producer on “Big Little Lies.” She has received nominations for “Big Little Lies” and “The Morning Show” for her small-screen acting.