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Darren Star is officially opening his adjacent vintage astatine Netflix.
Deadline revealed that nan Emily successful Paris creator and New Amsterdam creator David Schulner had teamed for a caller series, Uncorked, astatine Netflix past period pinch a large script-to-series commitment.
The bid has now landed a afloat greenlight.
It was announced by Jinny Howe, Head of UCAN Scripted Series, astatine a Netflix property event.
Per nan streamer’s logline, Uncorked delves into nan life of a talented but self-destructive winemaker who returns to Napa for her 2nd chance astatine love, bequest and that elusive 100 constituent wine. Not that she’s perpetually refreshing winespectator.com aliases anything. This is simply a female whose top passion is besides her fatal flaw — a failing that, usually originates earlier luncheon connected Tuesday.
It comes aft Star’s Emily successful Paris was renewed for Season 6 and he signed a large wide woody astatine Universal Television, which is down nan bid alongside Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns’ banner Counterpart.
Star and Schulner will constitute and service arsenic co-showrunners. The brace will exec nutrient alongside Hernandez and Burns.
“Seeing audiences astir nan world autumn successful emotion pinch Emily successful Paris has been a dream,” Star said. “As Emily’s communicative continues to animate and unfold, I’m excited to proceed my narration pinch Netflix and research a caller world pinch Uncorked. We’re diving consecutive into nan bequest and romance of Napa Valley, wherever each awesome vintage has a unsocial communicative to tell.”
Schulner added, “Darren and I wanted to create a bid that explores what happens erstwhile your top passion is besides your Achilles’ heel. With Napa’s beauty and bounty arsenic our setting, we dream nan assemblage ne'er wants to leave. We want to convey Netflix and Universal Television for indulging our copious amounts of time drinking successful nan sanction of meticulous research.”
“Darren Star’s storytelling has recovered an unthinkable location connected Netflix, pinch world hits for illustration Emily successful Paris and Sex and nan City becoming existent taste touchstones for our members,” said Tracey Pakosta, Netflix VP of Comedy Series, US. “We are thrilled that Darren and David person collaborated connected this caller bid which tells nan communicative of romance and redemption group successful nan beautiful Napa Valley that we judge will link pinch audiences astir nan world.”
