Tasha Smith directs Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams, and Vivica A. Fox in the film.
Pack your bags: Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams, and Vivica A. Fox are heading to the Hamptons in the new original Netflix comedy Women Like Us, where lifelong friendship comes with plenty to unpack.
So, what brings this all-star group together for a weekend away? The upcoming comedy, directed by Tasha Smith (Mayor Of Kingstown, ‘Tis So Sweet), follows a recently widowed woman who is dragged to the Hamptons by her lifelong best friends and sister on what should have been her 30th wedding anniversary. The weekend becomes a reckoning with grief, marriage, and the sisterhood that’s carried them throughout the years — as well as the realization that dreams don’t have an expiration date. In other words, there’s plenty of emotional baggage coming along for the trip.
Who’s in the cast of Women Like Us?
The cast includes:
- Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple, Sister Act)
- Jenifer Lewis (What’s Love Got to Do with It, Black-ish)
- Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical)
- Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Set It Off, Is God Is)
Ali Kinney (Ginny & Georgia, Love Life, The Crossover) wrote the screenplay, with writing from Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, The Sun Is Also a Star, The Blackening). James Lopez and Poppy Hanks will produce for MACRO Film Studios, alongside Anikah McLaren and Mark R. Wright for Higher Ground. Michelle Obama will executive produce for Higher Ground, with Charles D. King executive producing for MACRO Film Studios.
We haven’t finished packing our bags, so keep checking back here for more Women Like Us updates.
