Malik Yoba, RonReaco Lee & Mark Tallman Cast As Male Leads For Paramount’s The First Wives Club SeriesPosted by Wilson Morales
September 24, 2018
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Malik Yoba, RonReaco Lee & Mark Tallman have been cast as the male leads for Paramount’s The First Wives Club series.
The trio will play opposite Jill Scott, Michelle Buteau and Ryan Michelle Bathe in Paramount Network’s dramedy based on the popular 1996 Paramount film that starred Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn. The 10-episode series hails from Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver and Paramount Television.
The First Wives Club series has found its guys. Single Ladies alum Mark Tallman, RonReaco Lee (Survivor’s Remorse) and Malik Yoba (Empire) are set as the male leads opposite Ryan Michelle Bathe, Michelle Buteau and Jill Scott in Paramount Network’s dramedy based on the popular 1996 Paramount film. The 10-episode series hails from Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver and Paramount Television.
Set in New York City, the series follows Ari (Bathe), Bree (Buteau) and Hazel (Scott), who band together after their marriages fall apart and find strength in their sisterhood — and of course a little revenge.
Yoba will portray Derrick, Hazel’s (Scott) unfaithful music mogul husband who is very entangled in her career.
Lee is Gary, Bree’s (Buteau) college sweetheart husband, a dedicated teacher and father whose infidelity will prove to be a challenge for their marriage.
Tallman will play David, Ari’s (Bathe) husband, a very driven politician running for the Senate, whose ambition and ego often come before his wife and family.
Filming on the series is scheduled to begin in New York City this fall for a 2019 premiere. First Wives Club will launch Paramount Network’s new Thursday dramedy night in January. It will be followed by Younger Season 6 and new series Emily in Paris, both from Darren Star, slated to debut on the same night in spring and summer, respectively.
