Netflix has formally introduced the casting of Golden Globe nominee Michelle Monaghan (True Detective) within the main position of Shawn Levy‘s upcoming TV present a few highschool ice hockey workforce.
This marks Monaghan’s newest collaboration with the streamer after starring within the 2022 miniseries Echoes. She most lately starred within the newest season of HBO’s The White Lotus, which was set in Thailand. She’s presently connected to reprise her position as Jessica Morgan in Mark Wahlberg’s upcoming The Household Plan 2 film.
What will we find out about Netflix’s new hockey collection?
“The collection takes place within the small working-class city of South Dorothy, Minnesota, the place the highschool hockey workforce has been churning out state championships and NHL stars for many years with their legendary Coach ‘Sully’ Sullivan on the helm. When a bus crash claims the lives of a number of gamers and Sully himself, the city seems to be to Harper Sullivan — Coach Sully’s widow — to teach a brand new workforce of battered and damaged younger males,” reads the official synopsis. “What unfolds is the hopeful and unforgettable story of an underdog workforce that comes collectively to provoke their city, reclaim their lifestyle, and switch their shared grief into an unstoppable superpower.”
The untitled eight-episode hockey collection hails from creator Nick Naveda (My Pretty Spouse within the Psych Ward) and showrunner Bridget Bedard (Ramy, Clear). Moreover Levy, Dan Levine (All of the Gentle We Can not See) and Robert Atwood (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) are additionally govt producing for 21 Laps, together with Bedard and director Trey Edward Shults. Moera Ainai (The Excellent Couple) can be serving as a producer.
“This present has lengthy been a 21 Laps favourite and among the best items we now have had the privilege of creating and supporting,” Levy stated in a press release (by way of Tudum). “Nick and Bridget have constructed a world and ensemble of characters which might be rooted in authenticity and large coronary heart which, not surprisingly, attracted such nice expertise with our director Trey Edward Shults and lead Michelle Monaghan. With its visceral sports activities backdrop and a narrative grounded in deep humanity, we can’t wait to deliver this present to a world viewers.”
