Country star and actress Reba McEntire will star in and produce a film adaptation of Fannie Flagg's bestselling novel 'The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion.'
Reba McEntire is set to star in and produce a film version of Fannie Flagg 's ' The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion .'Two legendary Southern redheads will come together to make a film version of a bestselling book partially set in Alabama. Reba McEntire has announced she will star and produce the movie version of Fannie Flagg ’s 2013 novel “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion.
” A press release from Wonder Project, an independent studio that creates films for the faith and values audience, says the film will be directed by Callie Khouri, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the 1991 classic “Thelma & Louise.” Flagg, who was born in Birmingham, wrote the source material and Bekah Brunstetter, a Tony Award-nominated playwright and screenwriter, will pen the adaptation. McEntire, a Grammy-winning country star and actress, said she is a fan of books by Flagg, who started her career as an actress and comedian. McEntire is busy these days as a coach on “The Voice” and the star of the sitcom “Happy’s Place.” “I’ve always been a fan of Fannie Flagg and her writing, and it’s been an honor to call her my friend for the past decade. I cannot wait to work with this incredible team to bring another one of her special stories to life on the big screen,” McEntire said in the press release.Flagg is also the author of the bestselling book “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café,” which was made into the 1991 film starring Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jessica Tandy and Mary Louise-Parker. The book follows Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Ala., who finds herself with time on her hands following her daughter’s marriage. “The only thing left to contend with is her domineering mother, the formidable 90-year-old Lenore Simmons Krackenberry, who is obsessed with family lineage and Southern heritage,” the press release say
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