‘The First Wives Club’ set for TV reboot
GOLDIE Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton comedy “The First Wives Club” is on its way towards a small- screen remake courtesy of the screenwriter behind “Girls Trip.”
Tracy Oliver’s rise to fame began with her work on “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” Issa Rae’s webseries sitcom that evolved into hit HBO comedy “Insecure.”
She’s since been involved with alien-themed family comedy “The Neighbours,” success story drama “Survivor’s Remorse,” Ice Cube’s “Barbershop: The Next Cut,” and July 2017 friendship comedy “Girls Trip.”
The last was especially successful in terms of box office performance, demographic history, and critical reception.
Accruing US$ 115 million in US theatrical revenue ( US$ 135 million worldwide, with international distribution still ongoing), made it Oliver the fi rst female AfricanAmerican screenwriter to see their movie push north of US$ 100 million domestically.
And with an 89 per cent Rotten Tomatoes approval score and 7.1/10 Metacritic average, “Girls Trip” was an R-rated comedy that got the thumbs-up from theatregoers and professional reviewers: see also “Deadpool,” “Spy,” “21 Jump Street,” “Bridesmaids” and “Horrible Bosses.”
That’s why it’s worth keeping an eye on what Oliver’s up to, and she’s now landed the writer’s job on a new series based on “The First Wives Club,” a 1996
movie about three college friends who reunite as middle-aged women.
Together they fi nd more satisfactory ways to deal with their absent husbands and, together, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton overcame lukewarm reviews and pulled in over US$ 180 million in ticket receipts.
The three actresses are getting back together for “Divanation,” a 30-years-later pop group comedy in development at Netfl ix, and Paramount is now resurrecting its “First Wives Club” for its Paramount Network channel.
Paramount Network starts broadcasting Jan 18, 2018, replacing the old Spike TV network, though there’s no announcement regarding an air date for the new “First Wives Club” series. — Relaxnews