Serena Williams Executive Producing Tennis Drama ‘Carrie Soto Is Back’ For Netflix
Deadline is reporting that tennis star Serena Williams is teaming up with Netflix to bring the popular Taylor Jenkins Reid novel, Carrie Soto Is Back, to our screens.
The show will be written and executive-produced by Amanda Kate Shuman whose previous credits include The Wheel of Time and The Blacklist. According to Deadline, the plot is as follows;
“Tennis legend Carrie Soto, whose determination to win at all costs has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. Six years after her retirement, her world record might be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. And to make matters more complicated, she is ed in the journey back by her on-again, off-again romance, Bowe Huntley. In spite of it all, Carrie Soto is back for one epic final season to be ed.”
Author Taylor Jenkins Reid is a hot commodity in Hollywood after the success of Amazon’s adaptation of her novel Daisy Jones & The Six. A film adaptation of her novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has also been in the works for many years in Hollywood, with the most recent iteration of the project also being championed by Netflix.
Tennis star and 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams is set to executive produce the project alongside Fifth Season and Picturestart. Interestingly, comparisons have been drawn between Williams and the main character Carrie Soto. Reid has previously spoken on the Williams sisters’ influence on the book.
This is not Serena’s first foray into producing, as she had previously produced several sports-based projects, including In the Arena: Serena Williams and the life of her father Richard Williams, and resulted in Will Smith’s Oscar win.
A representative for Netflix has declined to comment on the project.
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