has scored the rights to Jere Longman’s book “The Girls of Summer: The US Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World” to develop into a feature film. The project will center on the 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team, following their journey to the Women’s“Darkest Hour” producer Liza Chasin will produce under her first look deal along with Ándale Productions’ Hayley Stool and Ross Greenburg of Ross Greenburg Productions. Stool optioned the book and secured life rights to eight of the U.S.
Though it wasn’t the first World Cup for the women’s national soccer team, the championship run helped brought the organization into the global spotlight for the first time. Team USA beat Japan in the Final in penalty kicks with the iconic image of Brandi Chastain ripping off her shirt after sealing the victory with the final kick and putting the team in the history books.
“As a longtime soccer fan, I can still remember watching that groundbreaking game in Union Square.,” said Tendo Nagenda, Vice President, Netflix Films. “When I moved to Uganda in my teens, playing soccer was an important way to meet kids my own age . That was also true when I left my first job in Los Angeles to take summer film classes in New York City in 1999. In between stealing shots and locations, my collaborators and I would stand outside bars to see the Women’s World Cup series.
The team was previously spotlighted in the HBO documentary “Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team,” which was a history of the entire program – not just the 1999 team – while this new projects marks the first feature dedicated entirely to the 1999 team.
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Oh my god. UnusualEfforts now’s my moment, I will prepare my Michelle Akers audition immediately!
3rdDegreeNet I was there in LA. Loved seeing one of the defining moments in soccer history...
Would much rather see a movie about the even more iconic players and dynamic personalities of the Alex Morgan era....the 15ers and 19ers....colossal game-changers on and off the pitch....within an even bigger pressure cooker of more competition and explosion of social media era.
Lets hope netflix gets this right, and puts the correct team in the final.
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Super excited about this news but they beat China in 1999 final. (Beat Japan in 2015 final.)
Omg omg omg
They beat China in 1999. Not Japan
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