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  • ‘Ugly Betty’ star America Ferrera joins Apple series ‘WeCrashed’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor America Ferrera will feature alongside Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in Apple’s scripted series “WeCrashed”.

    According to Variety, the limited series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name.

    The show is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.

    Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann, with Hathaway set to essay the role of his wife and co-founder Rebekah Newmann.

    Both stars will also serve as executive producers on the show.

    Ferrera will play the role of Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.

    The show will also star actor Kyle Marvin as Miguel McKelvey, the co-founder of WeWork.

    Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello are on board as creators, while “This Is Us” duo John Requa and Glenn Ficarra will direct and executive produce.

    Apart from “WeCrashed”, another WeWork TV series is in the works with Nicholas Braun on board to play Adam Neumann in the drama created by Stephen Falk.

    The series is based on a book from Wall Street Journal reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell.

    Ferrera is best known for her featuring in shows such as “Ugly Betty” and “Superstore”.

    She has also starred in movies like “Real Women Have Curves”, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” films, and the “How to Train Your Dragon” series.

  • Superstore: America Ferrera to return to Cloud 9 for series finale

    By Express News Service
    America Ferrera will return to reprise her role for the finale of NBC’s Superstore. It was earlier announced that the series will come to an end with the hour-long finale of season six, and there were doubts about whether the actor would return to the show for one more time.America Ferrera departed from the show in the second episode of season six. The actor had been with the show since it premiered in 2015, also serving as an executive producer and directing multiple episodes.

    Superstore, created by Justin Spitzer, is a workplace comedy-drama is about the employees of a big box store called Cloud 9, as they cope with the joys of working in retail. Superstore is known for mirroring real-life topics.

    In fact, the show is currently focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact. The final two episodes are aiming at closing out the current storylines of the Cloud 9 workers as they tackle the pandemic and their ongoing personal trials and tribulations.

    The ensemble comedy stars Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom, Kaliko Kauahi and Mark McKinney.Superstore is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Spitzer Holding Company, Miller Green Broadcasting and The District.Executive producers Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green renewed their overall deals with Universal Television last year, and will continue to work with the studio after Superstore concludes its run.