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Pop a bottle of Prosecco and get ready to shake your money-maker because Lionsgate is partnering with STX to develop scripted TV series inspired by Jennifer Lopez’s Hustlers and the raunchy 2016 comedy Bad Moms. The plan to put both projects into development is part of a new distribution deal between STXfilms and Lionsgate, the companies announced on Wednesday.

The Hustlers and Bad Moms TV series projects are in the early stages of development, and there is no word if the original cast or crew members will return for the episodic versions of either property.

Released in 2016, Bad Moms stars Mila Kunis (Black Swan, The Spy Who Dumped Me), Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Veronica Mars), and Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) as three overworked and under-appreciated moms pushed beyond their limits. The companies announced on Wednesday that the plan to put both projects into development is part of a new distribution deal between STXfilms and Lionsgate. It is not known if the original cast or crew members will return for the episodic versions of either property. In 2017, a sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas was released. The R-rated films allow the Bad Moms series to embrace its crude humor, getting to the heart of what makes motherhood so challenging, rewarding, and maddening. Because both films were R-rated, the

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series can lean into its crude humor, getting to the heart of what makes motherhood so challenging, rewarding, and maddening.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPq49nxjaO0Meanwhile, director Lorene Scafaria’s crime comedy, Hustlers, earned $157.5+M at the global box office. The film, which stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu along with Julia Stiles Bardi B Lizzo Keke Palmer and others, was inspired by an article in New York Magazine that went viral.

Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.Bad Moms and Hustlers include story elements that could transfer well to the small screen. There are many stories to be told from the constant onslaught that is motherhood. If the show casts well, I could see a

Bad Moms series becoming a major hit for the studio, especially after moms have lived the pandemic life for the past few years.Would you watch a TV series inspired by Hustlers or

Bad Moms01001010? Who would you cast for either project? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch