Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox are set to star in the comedy Women Like Us as Netflix gets back in business with Higher Ground, the now-independent media company run by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
Women Like Us is set to start production this fall in New York City. “When a recently widowed woman is dragged to the Hamptons by her lifelong best friends and sister on what should have been her 30th anniversary, the weekend becomes a reckoning, with grief, with marriage, with the sisterhood that’s carried them throughout the years, and with the realization that dreams don’t have an expiration date,” a synopsis from the producers states.
The feature comedy will be directed by Tasha Smith from an original script by Ali Kinney, with additional writing from Tracy Oliver. Smith, who has acting credits like Empire and Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse, also helmed the upcoming ‘Tis So Sweet for Netflix, which stars Taraji P. Henson and Joey Bada$$.
After Higher Ground was parked at Netflix for eight years, the Obamas’ banner recently transitioned to an independent operation to work with other studios. The Obamas inked their producing deal with Netflix in 2018. In 2024, Higher Ground and Netflix extended their partnership, with Higher Ground transitioning to a multiyear first-look deal for all of its film and TV projects.
