Goldberg, Williams, Fox Lead Netflix Comedy 'Women Like Us'
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- Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams, and Vivica A. Fox are set to star in Netflix's original comedy film "Women Like Us," with Tasha Smith directing from an original script by Ali Kinney and writing from Tracy Oliver.
- Higher Ground and Macro Film Studios are producing the film, marking the first-ever collaboration between Barack and Michelle Obama's media company and Charles D. King's studio.
- "Women Like Us" begins production this fall in New York City, following a recently widowed woman dragged to the Hamptons by her lifelong best friends and sister on what should have been her 30th anniversary, with the weekend becoming a reckoning with grief, marriage, and sisterhood.
- The film continues Netflix's ongoing partnership with Higher Ground, following "Leave the World Behind," "American Symphony," and "Rustin," and joining upcoming projects "All the Sinners Bleed," "The Altruists," and a Julianne Moore-led mother-daughter comedy.
- Macro Film Studios brings a 15-time Oscar-nominated, three-time Oscar-winning track record including "Judas and the Black Messiah," "Fences," and "One of Them Days" to the partnership with Higher Ground.
- Tasha Smith directs from credits including "Bel-Air," "Survival of the Thickest," and "Mayor of Kingstown," with Kinney's prior work on "Ginny & Georgia" and "Love Life" and Oliver's on "Harlem," "Girls Trip," and "The Blackening."
Why it matters: The first Higher Ground–Macro Film Studios pairing unites two heavyweight Black-led production banners for a major Netflix ensemble comedy, deepening Netflix's relationship with the Obamas' company — now spanning at least six titles — and giving four veteran Black actresses a rare co-starring vehicle. The film adds another prestige adult-comedy release to Netflix's film slate alongside its existing Higher Ground pipeline.
