{"id":12308,"date":"2019-11-18T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T15:21:26","slug":"stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Phillips Memoir Set for Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athena Pictures and American Entertainment Investors are developing a series based on the life of Stevie Phillips, who served as tour manager to Judy Garland and went on to represent a slew of other Hollywood stars.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a <em>Mad Men<\/em>-style drama series, the project is based on Phillips&#8217; memoir, <em>Judy &amp; Liza &amp; Robert &amp; Freddie &amp; David &amp; Sue &amp; Me.\u00a0Stevie<\/em> is being penned by\u00a0Andra Gordon, who set up the new Athena Pictures venture with Sarena Khan to focus on &#8220;prestige content for a wide audience, with a strong focus on underrepresented voices and global stories.&#8221;\u00a0Phillips will serve as a consulting producer on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon and Khan of Athena will executive produce alongside Zak Kilberg of Social Construct Films. Scott Winant (<em>Good Girls Revolt<\/em>, <em>Californication<\/em>) is executive producing and directing the pilot episode. The show will follow\u00a0Phillips&#8217; rise from secretary to tour manager, agent and producer. As an agent, her roster of clients included\u00a0Liza Minelli, Robert Redford, Cat Stevens, Al Pacino and David Bowie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStevie is a true inspiration who paved the way for women in the entertainment industry,&#8221; Gordon said. &#8220;She is an unapologetic, strategic force of nature who in her own words \u2018learned to play her cards close to her chest and never fold.\u2019 I\u2019m honored to be able to tell her story, which reflects many other women\u2019s stories coming up in the business, including my own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winant noted, \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be a part of this compelling project that brings to light the life of an extraordinary woman. Stevie Phillips broke gender barriers and became a true pioneer in the industry.\u00a0I\u2019m especially excited to collaborate with Andra and Sarena, who represent the next generation of female powerhouses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athena Pictures and American Entertainment Investors are developing a series based on the life of Stevie Phillips, who served as tour manager to Judy Garland and went on to represent a slew of other Hollywood stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":12309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3485,3486,3487],"class_list":["post-12308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-american-entertainment-investors","tag-athena-pictures","tag-stevie","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stevie Phillips Memoir Set for Adaptation - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stevie Phillips Memoir Set for Adaptation - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Athena Pictures and American Entertainment Investors are developing a series based on the life of Stevie Phillips, who served as tour manager to Judy Garland and went on to represent a slew of other Hollywood stars.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-18T14:51:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-18T15:21:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Judy-Stevie-1119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/\",\"name\":\"Stevie Phillips Memoir Set for Adaptation - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-18T14:51:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-18T15:21:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stevie-phillips-memoir-set-for-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stevie Phillips Memoir Set for Adaptation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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