Ryan Murphy and Gwyneth Paltrow Are Teaming Up for a TV Show About a Girl Group and We Couldn't Be More Excited

Originally conceived as a movie, the duo is now conceving it as another anthology series, Murphy reveals

By Tierney Bricker Oct 14, 2015 5:30 PMTags
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And we already have our favorite new TV show of 2016!

Ryan Murphy and Gwyneth Paltrow are teaming up for a new cable anthology series and it sounds amazing...and familiar.

Originally conceived as a film in 2012, the pair have decided to pitch One Hit Wonders as a TV series, which Paltrow will executive produce and star in, and we already want to set a series-record on our DVRs. While the project is in the early stages, Murphy and Paltrow, who first teamed up when the Oscar-winner appeared on Glee, will be pitching the series to cable networks later this year.

As originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Paltrow will play a 40-year-old one hit wonder who gets a second chance 15 years after recording her sole hit song: a record label is looking to form a super group, which will include her and two other singers who also had hit songs in the '90s. While the label has ulterior motives, the group will take off, with the trio becoming an inspiration to women everywhere. 

"I love this idea that there is a second act," Murphy told THR, adding that One Hit Wonders will feature original music and "much better" as a TV series. And, like his Fox series Scream Queens and FX anthology series American Horror Story, will center on female empowerment.

One Hit Wonders would be Murphy's third anthology series, after AHS and American Crime Story, debuting early next year on FX, and Paltrow would only star in the first season. In 2012, when One Hit Wonders was originally set to become a film at Sony Pictures, Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz were in talks to play the other two leads. However, they are not currently attached to the TV series.

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