Paige Bueckers To Produce, Star In Women's Basketball Movie For Apple

During her terrific rookie play successful nan WNBA, Wings guardant Paige Bueckers hinted astatine her imminent conquest of nan hoops world. Now, she appears to beryllium mounting her sights connected nan movie world.

Bueckers will play a hoops subordinate successful nan play movie Jess & Pearl, according to a Wednesday day study from Justin Kroll of Variety. Per that report, Apple Original Films will merchandise nan movie, which Bueckers will besides executive produce; ex-Scandal writer Zahir McGee conceived nan film's premise.

"Set successful nan world of women’s basketball, nan movie follows 2 phenoms who forge an bonzer enslaved arsenic teammates until fame, title and nan ruthless business of assemblage athletics frighten to move their relationship into an epic rivalry," Kroll wrote.

Bueckers, 22, won nan WNBA's Rookie of nan Year grant this past season—her first aft making 3 All-America teams astatine UConn. Additionally, she was named to some nan All-WNBA squad and nan WNBA All-Star team.

No merchandise day has been fixed for nan reported film, which would travel connected nan heels of Sky guardant Angel Reese's caller film debut successful Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite.

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