All's Fair (upcoming TV series)

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All's Fair
Genre Legal drama
Created by Ryan Murphy
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
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Original release
Network Hulu

All's Fair is an upcoming American legal drama series created by Ryan Murphy, and starring Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, and Teyana Taylor. The series is set to premiere on Hulu.

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Background

Since 2019, media personality Kim Kardashian has been studying law to become a practicing attorney in California, and passed the State Bar of California's baby bar examination in December 2021. She is also the daughter of attorney Robert Kardashian, who was a part of O. J. Simpson's "Dream Team" defense team during his murder trial in 1995. [1] [2]

From 2023 to 2024, Kardashian starred in the twelfth season of American Horror Story as publicist Siobhan Corbyn. [3] Because of Kardashian's involvement with American Horror Story, the series creator, Ryan Murphy, wanted to continue working with her, which led to the series being created and pitched to Kardashian by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken in 2023. [3] Parts of the initial pitch meeting with Murphy, Kardashian, and her mother Kris Jenner, were shown in fifth season of The Kardashians , on May 30, 2024. [3] [4]

Development

In December 2023, it was announced that Hulu had given a straight-to-series order to a legal drama series created by Murphy, with Kardashian starring as the series protagonist, a divorce lawyer and owner of an all-female law firm. [4] [5] Kardashian committed to star in and executive produce the series, with Jenner also committing to executive produce. [4] The series will be written by Baitz and Baken. [5]

In July 2024, Halle Berry and Glenn Close joined the series to star and executive produce, and the series was also given the title, All's Fair. [6] Later in July 2024, it was announced that Berry had left the project. [7]

In August 2024, it was announced that Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, and Teyana Taylor would be joining the series to star, with Paulson, Watts, and Nash also executive producing. [8] In September 2024, it was announced that Matthew Noszka would be joining the series. [9] In October 2024, it was announced that Ed O'Neill would be joining the series in a recurring role. [10]

The series begin filming in California in October 2024, [11] [12] [13] on a budget of $69.7 million. [14] In July 2024, the series was awarded $14.1 million in tax credits from the California Film Commission. [14] [15]

The series will be executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, Jon Robin Baitz, Joe Baken, Jamie Pachino, Laura Greene, Richard Levine, Kris Jenner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, and Scott Robertson. [8] Production companies involved with the series are Ryan Murphy Productions, Trillium Productions, and 20th Television. [8]

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