- Original name: Kings of america
- Country: USA
- Producer: A. McKay
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: E. Adams et al.
Amy Adams and Adam McKay are going back to work on the Netflix miniseries Kings of America, based on a true story about three women and a lawsuit against Walmart. Adams will play one of the main roles. Additional details, including the expected release date of the episodes, the trailer and the full cast of the Kings of America miniseries, remain under wraps. It is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2021. The streaming service announced news about the project during the 2020 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, which also featured other interesting updates.
Plot
The miniseries tells the story of three powerful women whose lives have been inextricably linked with the world's largest company. The three heroines are the heiress of Walmart, the independent executive and preacher of Walmart. They dared to fight the retail giant in the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history.
In 2000, a 54-year-old Walmart employee named Betty Dukes is known to have sued the company for gender discrimination because she was often denied a promotion despite good reviews of her work. The case eventually made it to the Supreme Court in 2011.
The case in question is called Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes ".
Interestingly, "Kings of America" is a rare case among mini-series, because it is based not on a book or magazine article, but on the research of the creator.
Production
Adam McKay ("Barb and the Star Go to Vista del Mar", "Dead to me", "Power", Homeland: Fort Salem) has been set to direct the first episode and executive produce.
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Diana Sleep (Southland, 13 Reasons Why, Blue Blood, American Crime, Law & Order. Malicious Intent), Jess Kimball Leslie;
- Producers: A. McKay, Betsy Koch (The Little Mermaid, Menu, Jim Carrey: Cold Dead Hand), Amy Adams ("Nightbitch"), Stacy O'Neill, D. Sleep, Brunson Green ("The Servant", "United Kingdom"), J. Kimball Leslie.
- Hyperobject Industries
- Ziffren brittenham
- Bond Group Entertainment
- Linden Entertainment
- WME
- Narrative
Project writer Jess Kimball Leslie is a journalist and author of I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories.
Actors
Cast:
- Amy Adams (Doubt, The Office, Arrival, "The woman in the window", "Power").
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Adams and McKay worked together in the 2018 biopic, Vice, about the life and career of Dick Cheney, which received eight Academy Award nominations.
- Netflix has also acquired a new project with Amy Adams, the 2020 thriller The Woman in the Window.
Stay tuned for updates, we will soon post information about the exact release date of the series, about the actors and the trailer for the series "Kings of America" (Kings of America) with a premiere in 2021.