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Jennifer Aniston<\/strong><\/a> has wrapped season 4 of The Morning Show<\/em> and she\u2019s now fully focused on her 9 to 5<\/em> remake \u2013 and top priority is recruiting the hottest young female stars to join the production, with Sydney Sweeney<\/strong><\/a>, Zendaya<\/strong><\/a> and Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> \u201cat the top\u201d of her casting wish list.<\/p>\n \u201cWith another season of The Morning Show<\/em> in the can, Jen is focused on getting her 9 to 5<\/em> remake in shape and it\u2019s looking increasingly like Jen will be starring in the film in addition to producing it,\u201d a source exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em> of the remake of the 1980 film starring Dolly Parton<\/strong>, Jane Fonda<\/strong> and Lily Tomlin<\/strong>. \u201cThe script is looking good and so Jen is now turning her attention to recruiting some next-generation talent into the project, and there\u2019s only a handful of names on her list that can add to the momentum of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer, 55, has her eyes on Zendaya, 28, Sydney, 27, and Ariana, 31, to be a part of the film because the women have \u201cproven they can do comedy and bring their own fan bases into film projects.\u201d<\/p>\n That said, the Challengers<\/em> star, Wicked<\/em> actress and Anyone But You<\/em> starlet are currently pulled in a million different directions, so scheduling would be a \u201cproblem.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSydney and Zendaya are heavily booked for the next twelve months and Jen wants to make this movie next year if she can,\u201d the insider reveals to Life & Style<\/em>. \u201cThe 9 to 5<\/em> remake isn\u2019t technically green-lit yet [by Disney-owned Twentieth Century Studios] but getting a \u2018yes\u2019 from one of these actresses, and making them permanent members of \u2018Team Aniston\u2019 is the key step that Jen is undertaking right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer shared her desire to remake 9 to 5<\/em> while filming Duplin<\/em>\u2019 with Dolly, 78, in 2018. Since then, Jennifer has steamrolled with the project so that cameras can go up after the remake is approved by studios. While searching for the perfect cast, it was only natural for the Just Go With It<\/em> star to offer a returning role<\/a> for the \u201cJolene\u201d singer.<\/p>\n \u201cJen wanted Dolly involved in a big way in the 9 to 5<\/em> remake but everybody around the project right now, which is currently seeking its director, is preparing for the reality that the only thing the movie might get from Dolly is the right to use her famous classic theme song,\u201d a source told Closer<\/em> in August 2024. \u201cDolly may have said some nice things about the project in the past but Dolly is old, Dolly still works all the time, and even a small cameo or a brand new song could be asking too much.\u201d<\/p>\n Three months prior, a second insider told the outlet that 9 to 5<\/em> has been a \u201cvery special movie to Jen\u201d since she was a little girl.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a movie that changed her life. Forty years later, with Jen finally coming into her own as a high-powered producer and a serious businesswoman,\u201d the second source told Closer<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cShe\u2019s finally ready to tackle this material that meant so much to her back in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n