CBS Studios has partnered with Emmy winner Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) to develop a restricted collection titled Summer season of Gold. It’s primarily based on the sports activities podcast of the identical title, which highlights the trailblazing American feminine athletes of the 1996 Summer season Olympics.
What’s Summer season of Gold about?
βSummer season of Gold will chronicle the historic achievements of American feminine athletes on the 1996 summer season Olympics in Atlanta, from the βMagnificent Sevenβ gymnasts to the USA girlsβs basketball, soccer and softball groups all successful gold, to the founding of the WNBA,β reads the logline. βIt goals to delve deeper into the tales of the athletes, their experiences and the legacy of the 1996 Video games. It is going to additionally deal with the continuing problems with unfair media protection, monetary funding and gender fairness in sports activities.β
Aduba will produce the undertaking by her Meynon Media banner, whereas WNBA celebrity Sue Fowl and FIFA champion Alex Morgan will function government producers. In the intervening time, the miniseries at present has no author, director, or forged hooked up to it. Hosted by legendary determine skater and two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan, the unique podcast was a manufacturing by Pricey Media, who can be producing the upcoming collection with Morgan and Fowlβs TOGETHXR firm.
βThe impression of 1996 by girls in sports activities had a long-lasting attain on the world,β Aduba stated in a press release. βThe tectonic shift from that point continues to reverberate in the present day, touching the lives of so many individuals. My firm, Meynon Media, is proud to associate with Alex Morgan and TOGETHXR to carry these vital tales to the display that formed lives each athletically and culturally.β
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