Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington are teaming up on a new show
The dream duo will star in and produce a series based on Celeste Ng's book, Little Fires Everywhere
The dream duo will star in and produce a series based on Celeste Ng's book, Little Fires Everywhere
, prepare for your next favorite series brought to life by the . Witherspoon is teaming up with Kerry Washington to produce and star in an adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng's best-selling book,
After a bidding war between numerous networks and streaming services vying to air the show, the series has found a home on Hulu, . The adaptation will be produced by Witherspoon and Washington's production companies, Hello Sunshine and Simpson Street, respectively, along with ABC Signature Studios, Hello Sunshine with an Instagram post featuring Witherspoon and Washington holding Ng's book:
Little Fires Everywhere follows two families living in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where a dramatic custody battle over a Chinese-American baby tears the town apart. Ng, the author of the novel, has also signed on as a producer, while Liz Tigelaar will write the adaptation. Little Fires Everywhere was the September 2017 pick for Witherspoon's book club, :
This is the latest major production project for Witherspoon, who brought . She is also starring and producing Washington, for her part, is wrapping up her starring role as Olivia Pope on Scandal. Witherspoon and Washington joined forces on the project after both expressed interest in producing an adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere. They eventually brought in ABC Signature Studios, where they each have production deals,