Shadow and Act has learned that a series based on the 1991 film Soapdish, starring Whoopi Goldberg, is in development at Paramount+ with Goldberg attached to star. It is from CBS Studios via a partnership with the NAACP that was set last year.

The logline: Based on the 1991 feature, Whoopi Goldberg reprises her role as Rose, Head Writer for the venerable soap The Sun Also Sets, in a juicy, soapy, and twisty dramedy ensemble.

Goldberg is also executive producing the project, with Jennie Snyder Urman and Asha Michelle Wilson as the writers. They are also executive producing, with Snyder Urman producing through Sutton Street.

Other executive producers are Joanna Klein for Sutton Street, Sheila Ducksworth under the CBS/NAACP partnership and Tom Leonardis.

The other 3 CBS/NAACP partnership projects in the works, not counting the D.L. Hughley comedy series (find out more on that here), are;