A new report says that Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton are working together to create a film and TV production company.
Politicians getting into the realm of entertainment is nothing new. For instance, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama started their own production company, Higher Ground, and have entered into a significant partnership with Netflix to bring a wide range of new and diverse programming to Netflix subscribers. And a new report says Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are getting into the entertainment biz as well.
According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the mother and daughter duo are working on setting up their very own television and movie production company. The goal of the company would be to focus on stories that “revolve around women.”
The reports of this are still unconfirmed, and THR reached out to the Clintons’ team to comment, and they declined to provide a statement. However, this idea of Hillary Clinton and Chelsea teaming up to create a production company that focuses on female-centric stories isn’t totally out of left field.
Hillary Clinton executive produced The Woman’s Hour, a limited series coming from Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment based on the book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss. It’s not surprising that, after working on a project dedicated to telling the story of women and their fight to win the right to vote, that Clinton and her daughter would want to continue telling amazing stories of powerful women.
Of course, this is still an unsubstantiated report, though in light of the Obamas Netflix partnership, it seems incredibly likely. There is no word if the reported production company would focus more on non-fiction projects, or if there would be some scripted fiction content as well. Regardless, the idea of two amazing women spearheading a production company focused on telling stories by and about women has got us really excited.
We will keep you updated as more news develops on this story.