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Starz Greenlights Courtney Cox Horror Comedy
Shining Vale, starring Courtney Cox (
Friends,
Cougar Town).
The series is about a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. Cox stars alongside Greg Kinnear, Mira Sorvino, Merrin Dungey, Gus Birney and Dylan Gage.
Shining Vale will air on Starz in the U.S. and Canada and on its international streaming platform StarzPlay across Europe, Latin America and Japan.
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Shining Vale is a smart, chilling and funny series that tells the story of a family in turmoil who is suddenly living with a paranormal who helps Courteney Cox’s character get her groove back as she starts to question her own sanity,” said Christina Davis, Starz’ president of original programming. “This group of talented actors, executive producers and director blends comedy and horror brilliantly throughout this series which exemplifies the network’s commitment to improve fe
Her character in Shining Vale is either depressed. or possessed by a demon
Courteney Cox is to star in a new paranormal comedy from Sharon Horgan.
The Catastrophe co-writer created Shining Vale with Jeff Astrof whose credits include The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Its plot revolves around a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a house in a small town in which terrible atrocities have taken place.
Cox’s character Pat – a now-sober former wild-child who rose to fame by writing a raunchy women’s empowerment novel – then befriends a paranormal being, convinced she’s either depressed or possessed.
Mira Sorvino is a Demon Trying to Possess Courteney Cox in New Starz Horror Series SHINING VALE
STARZ Has Now Ordered a New Courteney Cox (SCREAM) Horror Series SHINING VALE co-starring Greg Kinnear (THE STAND) and Mira Sorvino (MIMIC). By Mike Sprague
Scream. But until then, we hear her new horror-comedy series
Shining Vale has been snagged by Starz.
Mimic) co-star.
Christina Davis, STARZ President of Original Programming, said in a statement: “
Shining Vale is a smart, chilling and funny series that tells the story of a family in turmoil who is suddenly living with a paranormal who helps Courteney Cox’s character get her groove back as she starts to question her own sanity. This group of talented actors, executive producers, and director blends comedy and horror brilliantly throughout this series which exemplifies the network’s commitment to improving female representation on and off the screen.”
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Friends star Courteney Cox unveils first look at TV comeback
Cox stars as Patricia Phelps. 17/04/2021
Friendsstar Courteney Cox is set to return to TV for a brand new series that has been picked up by Starz.
Shining Vale is a horror-comedy, with the first season consisting of eight half-hour episodes in which Cox plays the role of Patricia Phelps.
Starz has now released a first-look image of Cox and other cast members, which shows the actress in character standing alongside her new on-screen family – you can take a look lower down the article.
Starz orders horror-comedy series Shining Vale starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino
Shining Vale, a new horror-comedy series which will see
Friends and
Scream star Courteney Cox leading a cast that also includes Greg Kinnear, Mira Sorvino, Merrin Dungey, Gus Birney and Dylan Gage.
As per THR, Shining Vale will see Cox playing Patricia “Pat” Phelps, a reformed wild child who became famous for writing a raunchy, drug and alcohol-fueled “female empowerment” novel. Seventeen years later, she’s sober but unfulfilled, hasn’t written a second novel and her marriage and family are in rough shape. So, in a last-ditch attempt to save her marriage,she moves her family from the city to an old house in the suburbs with a storied past and discovers that her personal demons may actually be real.