Phylicia Rashad To Exec Produce & Possibly Star In Emily March’s ‘Eternity Springs’ TV Series

Deadline is reporting that Phylicia Rashad has teamed with Virgin River executive producers Roma Roth and Christopher E. Perry to executive produce and possibly star in a series adaptation of Emily March’s ongoing 18-part novel series Eternity Springs. Writer John E. Pogue (Beauty and The Beast, Everwood) is attached to pen the series adaptation.

Reel World Management’s Roth and Perry will executive produce with Rashad and Pogue. RWM’s Rosana Roth will serve as co-producer. A network is not yet attached. RWM and Rashad are preparing to take the series to market.

The storyline is still under wraps, but producers say the show will explore important and meaningful present-day issues while appealing to a diverse and multi-generational audience.

“We are excited to collaborate with Phylicia Rashad, an extraordinary, talented actor whose impressive body of work not only laid the foundation for inclusivity but opened the door to change in Hollywood at a time when it wasn’t as fashionable to do so” said Roth.

Last seen on Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Rashad is best known for her role as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Her other recent credits include Soul, Fox’s Empire and OWN’s David Makes Man and a recurring role on NBC’s This Is Us.