'Bride Wars' rom-com series is being prepared with Emma Roberts as protagonist and producer

Peacock has put a new television series is underwaywhich will reimagine the 2009 rom-com, Bride Warscon Emma Roberts in a leading role and executive producer, reported Deadline.

Roberts, known mainly for the horror genre with series such as American Horror Story y Scream Queensas well as slasher movies Scream 4 y The Huntis no stranger to the romantic comedy genre, as she has been part of projects of the genre such as Valentine’s Day, Little Italy, Celeste & Jesse Forever, Holidate, Maybe I Doamong others.

Roberts will executive produce the series Bride War through his company Belletrist, with New Regency as the main studio, and 20th Television and UCP as co-studios.

The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy winner, Sascha Rothchild (GLOW, XO, Kitty).

IN THE SERIES:

“Set in the charming setting of North Carolina, Bride Warthe television series, follows a big-city wedding planner (Emma Roberts) whose arrival in a small town sparks an epic showdown with a beloved local planner. As the two women struggle to organize the same wedding, their rivalry quickly turns into a larger conflict over friendship, community and, ultimately, love.”

The series features a slight change from the 2009 film starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as lifelong best friends Liv and Emma, ​​respectively, whose weddings are accidentally scheduled for the same day and at the same location, the Plaza Hotel in New York. Drama, chaos and confusion abound. The women fight over who should keep the date and who should sacrifice themselves for the other. In the film, they are torn between being a true friend and losing their friend forever.

In addition to Roberts and Rothchild, the series will be executive produced by Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Natalie Lehmann, Karah Preiss, Matt Matruski, Alexandra Milchan and Martin Salgo.

Rothchild is currently working on the adaptation of Young Rich Widows for Amazon.

For his part, Roberts is filming the feature film Hal alongside Alexander Ludwig and is also executive producer of the hit Hulu series, Tell Me Lieswhich recently concluded its three seasons.