Kim Kardashian is actively trying to break into Hollywood, and her next project just landed at Netflix after an intense bidding war. Kardashian will executive produce the high-profile coming-of-age series Calabasas alongside Emma Roberts and I. Marlene King.
Calabasas draws inspiration from Via Bleidner’s book If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous by Now from 2021. It centers on a 16-year-old sheltered Catholic schoolgirl, who finds herself struggling to fit in after being thrown into unfamiliar territory when she transfers to Calabasas High.
Pretty Little Liars creator I. Marlene King is coming on board as the writer and showrunner. This project came together after she pitched it to Alexandra Milchan, who’ll also be credited as one of the EPs alongside Kardashian, Roberts, King, Lauren Wagner, Sarah Preiss, and Matt Matruski.
According to Deadline, Calabasas was involved in an intense bidding war, which also included two other offers from major buyers, but Netflix managed to push them out.
Calabasas will reunite Kardashian with Emma Roberts after they starred by each other’s side in American Horror Story: Delicate. This isn’t her first project heading to Netflix – the streamer also secured the rights for The Fifth Wheel, the ensemble comedy that will serve as a star vehicle for Kardashian.
