Renée Zellweger To Star In Netflix Series ‘What/If’ From Robert Zemeckis
Renée Zellwegeris the latest Hollywood star to make the move to TV. TheBridget Jones’s Babyactress is heading to the small screen with a Netflix series that has just as big names behind the camera as it will in front of it.What/Ifis a social thriller anthology series that hails fromRevengecreatorMike Kelleyand beloved filmmakerRobert Zemeckis. And the first season will feature Zellweger in a meaty starring role.Deadlinereports that Zellweger has been tapped to star inRevengeandSwingtowncreator Mike Kelley’s Netflix seriesWhat/If, a thriller anthology series that tackles a different morality tale each season. True to its title, the Netflix series tackles the “what if” of it all.What/Ifexplores “the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things,” according to Deadline, with each season set to be inspired by “culturally consequential source material.”
Zellweger stars in the 10-episode first season as a mysterious and powerful woman who makes an ethically ambiguous deal with a pair of struggling newylweds who are in dire need of fast cash.
Here is Zellweger’s character description according to Deadline:
“Zellweger’s Anne is a shrewd and mercurial San Francisco venture capitalist. She is magnetically charismatic, seductive, charming, even vulnerable when it serves her purpose. But she’s also a virtuoso of deception with a cauldron of destructive secrets, including a deeply buried metaphorical deal with the devil that set the course for her life back when she was still just a girl herself.”
The Oscar winner has a one-year series regular deal forWhat/If,which is in line with the show’s anthology nature. But there’s a possibility that, if successful,What/Ifcould follow the example ofAmerican Horror Storyand feature returning cast members. But it’s also likely that the series will be more along the lines ofFargo, which somehow managed to outdo its spectacular, star-studded casts and stories every season.
Zemeckis producesWhat/If, which is written by Kelley, directed byPhillip Noyce,and produced byPage Fright, Atlas Entertainment, and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television.
