Reba to produce & star in ‘The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion’

Reba is set to produce and star in Wonder Project’s The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion, an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel by Fannie Flagg.

Oscar winner Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise) will direct from a script by Tony-nominated playwright and screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter (Maid), with Reba being joined as producer by Jeremy Latcham for Wonder Project, as well as Khouri. Ben Howard and Erin Mae Miller will exec produce for Third Coast Content, with VP of Film Michael Musgrave overseeing the film for Wonder Project.

Published in November 2013, The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion tells the story of Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, who has just married off her daughter and is looking forward to relaxing. The only thing left to contend with is her domineering mother, the formidable 90-year-old Lenore Simmons Krackenberry, who is obsessed with family lineage and Southern heritage. But when Sookie receives a series of mysterious letters that suggest that she’s adopted, she gets sent down a rabbit hole of self-discovery, ultimately uncovering the swashbuckling story of Fritzi Jurdabralinski and her sisters, a daring group of women who ran the first All Girl Filling Station during WWII and ultimately became the first female Air Force pilots.

This is one of nearly a dozen novels from Flagg, who’s best known for 1987’s Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. She co-wrote the film adaptation, Fried Green Tomatoes, for Universal and earned Oscar and WGA Award nominations for her work. Most recently, she published The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, a sequel to Fried Green Tomatoes, in 2020.

Reba says “I’ve always been a fan of Fannie Flagg and her writing, and it’s been an honor to call her my friend for the past decade. I cannot wait to work with this incredible team to bring another one of her special stories to life on the big screen.”

SOURCE: Deadline