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Is ‘Yellowjackets’ Based on a True Story? Find Out

The hit TV series has been on the air since 2021. Now that the show has gained more viewers, some are wondering if it’s based on a true story.

Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle previously told Deadline that she and husband Bart Nickerson didn’t want their series to be solely considered a young-adult (YA) genre creation. The premise of Yellowjackets followed a 1996 New Jersey high school’s girls’ soccer team, who was traveling to a tournament when their plane crashed over a Canadian wilderness. The teenage versions of the ensemble cast is led by Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Liv Hewso and Courtney Eaton as a group of teenagers, while the adult versions of the characters are played by Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell.

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