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Netflix Developing Drama ‘The 99’ers’ On 1999 U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team; ‘Watchmen’s Nicole Kassell To Direct
The 99'ers,' a sports drama directed by Nicole Kassell on the 1999 U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, is in development at Netflix.
Nicole Kassell, the Emmy-winner known for her work on shows like Watchmen and Netflix’s upcoming Sirens, is set to direct from a script by Katie Lovejoy( Love at First Sight, To All the Boys: Always and Forever) and Dana Stevens( The Woman King, Fatherhood). The 99’ers follows the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team who, in 1999, under the scorching summer sun and in a stadium filled with 93,000 fans, defied the odds to emerge victorious in a dramatic penalty kick shootout against China in the World Cup final. A sports reporter for the New York Times, author Longman has also penned titles like The Hurricanes: One High School Team’s Homecoming After Katrina and If Football’s a Religion, Why Don’t We Have a Prayer?
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