Paramount+ Announces Full Cast For 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies'
justjared.comThe cast of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies has just been announced! Paramount+ made the big announcement on social media, showing off the full cast as production in Vancouver gets underway.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is set four years before the beloved original feature film in 1954, and the official logline reads “before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in school, four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.” Click inside NOW to meet the cast! The series will star Marisa Davila as Jane, newcomer Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy, Shanel Bailey as Hazel, and Madison Thompson as Susan.
In addition, Johnathan Nieves will play Richie, Jason Schmidt is Buddy, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper is Wally and Jackie Hoffman will star as assistant principal McGee. Annabel Oakes created the series, penned the script and will serve as the showrunner. “We are thrilled to unveil our new original series that will introduce an incredible cast of young stars in the making and electrifying musical numbers you will fall in love with,” Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+ original scripted series said in a statement, via THR. “Annabel and Alethea have managed to brilliantly capture the spirit of the iconic beloved classic film which like Rise of the Pink Ladies, is both set in the past but relevant to the present.”
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