Jennifer Lopez, Skydance TV Developing Post-WWII NYC Set Prime Video Series ‘Backwards In Heels’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: We hear that Amazon in a competitive situation has taken the Jennifer Lopez-produced, Skydance TV series Backwards in Heels off the table.The show will be written and directed by Oscar nominee Richard LaGravenese and follows the aspirational and timeless story about the glamourous women living at the Barbizon Hotel in post WWII New York City.Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina will produce under their Nuyorican Productions.David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost are producing for Skydance TV.The Barbizon Hotel, located at 140 East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was for several decades a female-only residential hotel for young women who came to NYC for professional opportunities.
Built in 1927, the 23-story hotel was a blend of Italian Renaissance and late Gothic revival and Islamic decorative elements.
No men were allowed above the ground floor and strict dress and conduct rules were enforced. Men began to be admitted as guests in 1981.
Famous guests and residents included throughout its history Lauren Becall, Betty Buckley, Joan Crawford, Rita Hayworth, Grace Kelly among several others.Lopez was recently honored at the iHeartRadio awards with the Icon Award.
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