Lesley Headland, the woman behind Netflix’s Emmy-winning Russian Doll drama, has been recruited to mastermind a new female-centred Star Wars project for Disney.
07.04.2020 - 21:07 / deadline.com
By Dino-Ray Ramos
Associate Editor/Reporter
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Lesley Headland, the woman behind Netflix’s Emmy-winning Russian Doll drama, has been recruited to mastermind a new female-centred Star Wars project for Disney.
A new “Star Wars” series is in the works at Disney Plus, Variety has learned from sources. The series hails from Leslye Headland, the co-creator, showrunner and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Russian Doll.”
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