{"id":2225381,"date":"2024-04-19T15:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-to-produce-tv-series-on-lesbian-soccer-players\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:37:11","slug":"megan-rapinoe-to-produce-tv-series-on-lesbian-soccer-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-to-produce-tv-series-on-lesbian-soccer-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe set to create TV show focusing on lesbian soccer athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-rapinoe-to-produce-tv-series-on-lesbian-soccer-players%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe has shifted\u200d her focus from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">sports<\/a> to Hollywood \u200das she embarks on producing\u2063 a \u200bTV series centered around lesbian athletes. Teaming up\u200b with\u200d her partner \u200cSue Bird&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wipeout-reboot-contestant-died-of-heart-attack-says-coroner\/\" title=\"\u2018Wipeout\u2019 Reboot Contestant Died Of Heart Attack, Says Coroner\">production company<\/a>, \u2064A\u200b Touch More, they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">bring<\/a> to life the characters from\u200b Meryl \u200cWilsner&#8217;s novel &#8220;Cleat Cute.&#8221; Stay tuned \u200bfor this\u200b new and \u2062exciting show. Retired\u200c soccer\u2062 star Megan Rapinoe is venturing\u2064 into Hollywood by producing\u200b a\u200c TV series featuring lesbian athletes. Partnering with \u2062Sue Bird&#8217;s \u200bproduction\u200c company, \u2063A Touch More, they will adapt characters from \u200dMeryl Wilsner&#8217;s novel &#8220;Cleat Cute.&#8221; Stay tuned for this intriguing show.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Retired soccer star <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/megan-rapinoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Megan Rapinoe<\/a> has traded sports for Hollywood as she will soon release a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>television series<\/a> centered on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lesbian athletes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe and her partner Sue Bird\u2019s production company, A Touch More, will create the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-gets-publishing-deal-for-two-political-thrillers\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams Gets Publishing Deal For Two Political Thrillers\">series based<\/a> on the novel <em>Cleat Cute<\/em> by Meryl Wilsner.<\/p>\n<p>The story centers on two players on the same team, Grace and Phoebe, who fall in love as they prepare to compete for the World Cup. Future Shack, the company that produced Fox\u2019s <em>Murder in a Small Town<\/em> and <em>Good Cop\/Bad Cop<\/em> on the CW and Roku, is also involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be working with Future Shack to bring Meryl Wilsner\u2019s wonderful book to life. Having spent most of our lives on teams, we want to celebrate the ways in which relationships, both romantic and platonic, are organically created through sports,\u201d Rapinoe and Bird said in a statement.\u00a0\u201c<em>Cleat Cute <\/em>will not shy away from the messiness, occasional frustration, and undeniable beauty that come with loving the game and the players within it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Future Shack CEO Jeff Wachtel credited Bird and Rapinoe with women\u2019s sports\u2019 increasing ability to \u201ccaptivate audiences around the globe\u201d by virtue of being the \u201cmost iconic athletes of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bird was the No. 1 WNBA draft pick in 2002 and won four championships and five Olympic gold medals. Rapinoe has won two World Cups in addition to having an Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Bird has been retired from basketball since 2022, and the pair have been engaged since 2020. Rapinoe was Bird\u2019s first public relationship since she came out in 2017. They met during the 2016 Rio Olympics while representing the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former soccer icon Megan Rapinoe transitions from the field to screen with an upcoming TV series spotlighting lesbian sports stars. Teaming up with partner Sue Bird under their production company, A Touch More, Rapinoe adapts Meryl Wilsner&#8217;s novel &#8220;Cleat Cute.&#8221; Follow the journey of two athletes in this promising new show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2225382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23281682224205-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23281682224205-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}