Los Angeles, Feb 25 (.) Emma Roberts is set to headline and executive produce a television reimagining of Bride Wars, offering a contemporary spin on the 2009 romantic comedy that originally starred Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.
Despite lukewarm critical reception, the film proved commercially successful, earning approximately $115 million globally, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The project comes from New Regency, which produced the film, and co-studios 20th Television and UCP. Sascha Rothchild (XO, Kitty, GLOW) is writing the updated take.
Rather than focus on two duelling brides-to-be, this Bride Wars will focus on a pair of wedding planners. Roberts will play a big-city wedding planner who moves to a small town in North Carolina, setting off “an epic showdown with a beloved local planner,” per the show’s logline. “As the two women battle to plan the same wedding, their rivalry quickly escalates into a larger clash over friendship, community, and, ultimately, love.”
Gary Winick directed the film, which was written by Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael.
Roberts’ recent credits include FX’s American Horror Story: Delicate, the 2023 feature Maybe I Do and Prime Video’s 2024 comedy Space Cadet, which she also executive produced. . . .