The Mercury News Weekend

Wine Country the setting for new Amy Poehler Netflix comedy film

- By Chuck Barney cbarney@ bayareanew­sgroup.com Contact Chuck Barney at cbarney@ bayareanew­sgroup.com or 925-952-2685.

Napa and the Wine Country are apparently ready for their closeup. … Again.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Poehler is preparing to direct and star in a Netflix comedy called “Wine Country.” It will the directoria­l debut for Poehler, who will also produce the film.

Poehler has assembled an all-star lineup of fellow comedians for her project, with Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Maya Rudolph and Emily Spivey joining her. Longtime comedic partner Tina Fey will also join the fun. Let the vino flow.

The script was written by Spivey, who worked with Poehler on her NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” as well as on “Saturday Night Live,” and Liz Cackowski, who also worked on SNL.

“Wine Country” follows a group of longtime friends who go to Napa for a weekend getaway to celebrate a 50th birthday.

THR reports that princi- pal photograph­y will begin toward the end of March in Los Angeles and Napa.

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