Allison Janney joins Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern in Apple TV comedy series Mrs. American Pie
Janney will star in the series as a Palm Beach socialite
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Emmy-winning actor Allison Janney has joined the Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs. American Pie. The upcoming show has no relation to the American Pie films. Janney joins a powerhouse cast already consisting of Kristen Wiig. Laura Dern is on as a producer.
Set in the early 1970s, Mrs. American Pie “follows Maxine Simmons (Wiig) and her attempt to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have nots, the series asks the same questions that baffle us today: Who gets a seat at the table, how do you get a seat at the table, and what will you sacrifice to get there?”
Janney is set to star as socialite and full-time Palm Beach resident, Evelyn, who is everything Maxine Simmons hopes to be. Dern is currently only officially attached to the project as an executive producer, but she is reportedly eyeing a key role in the series as well.
Mrs. American Pie comes from Abe Sylvia (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Dead to Me), who serves as the series showrunner. Tate Taylor is set to direct the 10-episode season. Taylor previously directed Janney in The Help, The Girl On The Train, Breaking News In Yuba County, and even Ma.
This marks Janney’s first series role since wrapping up Chuck Lorre’s comedy Mom. Over the course of eight seasons, Janney earned eight Emmy nominations, winning two. Those weren’t her first awards though, as she also received Emmys for her work on Masters Of Sex and The West Wing. Some of her other banner projects include Juno and I, Tonya.
In addition to Mrs. American Pie, Janney will soon appear in Gareth Edwards’ feature True Love, as well as the forthcoming thriller Lou. When it comes to other comedies, Janney has a role in The People We Hate At The Wedding opposite Kristen Bell and Ben Platt.
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I hope Janney reigns it in cause whatever she was doing on Mom the last few seasons grated. Laura Dern is awesome but the idea of the two of them chewing up the scenery might be a tad too much
Sounds like a version of the Roxanne Pulitzer story. I wonder whether we’ll get the Hunter Thompson version of Palm Beach. I’d watch *that*.https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/hunter-s-thompson-roxanne-pulitzer-divorce-90908/
How the fuck does Kristen Wiig constitute a “powerhouse cast”?
Ummm … she’s a DC super villan.
Supervillan yes…but DC…thats kind of second tier. Maybe even third considering.
Hey! You got it!
Emmy-winning actor Allison Janney has joined the Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs. American Pie. The upcoming show has no relation to the American Pie films. Janney joins a powerhouse cast already consisting of Kristen Wiig. Laura Dern is on as a producer.When if by some inexplicable reasons no actual apple pie and no Don McLean’s American Pie song appear in the show. I’m gonna riot!
Giving the show the title Mrs. American Pie is idiotic. Every review, news story, etc. will have to mention there’s no relation to the teen sex comedies. Most interviews will ask about the teen sex comedies. The average viewer will assume that Janney is playing an updated version of Stifler’s Mom and either not watch or be disappointed.