Amazon MGM Developing Queer Sports Rom-Com Series ‘Playing The Field’ Based On Meryl Wilsner’s ‘Cleat Cute’; Sarah Tapscott Set As Showrunner https://t.co/q63RQySYPd
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Amazon MGM has set their showrunner for their upcoming queer rom-com series Playing the Field based on Meryl Wilsner’s bestselling book Cleat Cute. Sarah Tapscott will serve as the showrunner, EP, and writer. She is a current co-EP on the upcoming Hulu project Not Suitable for Work and has previously been an EP on The Sex Lives of College Girls. Other producers on this show include Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, and Wilsner.
Description of the series from the article:
Playing the Field is an ensemble comedy following the sexy, messy, and exciting lives of four female players on Crescent City, a professional New Orleans women’s soccer team, anchored by the will-they-won’t-they romance of newly drafted phenom Phoebe Matthews and team captain Grace Henderson.
