We are very excited about this!

Reba McEntire is a country legend, of course, but she also knows a whole lot about Hollywood. While the singer and mentor on The Voice has a long list of on-screen accolades, including her work in Reba and Happy’s Place, she’s also been busy behind the scenes working as a producer.

Now, comes word that she is adding another line to her Hollywood resume. McEntire will star in and produce a film adaptation of the novel The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by beloved Southern author Fannie Flagg.

Based on the book by Flagg, who is perhaps best known for her book, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, the story follows Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama. According to a press release, Poole is an empty nester who wants to relax after marrying off her daughter, but is instead sent down “a rabbit hole of self-discovery” when she starts receiving mysterious letters that claim she is adopted.

Her search for the truth about her birth family leads her to ”the swashbuckling story of Fritzi Jurdabralinski and her sisters, a daring group of women who ran the first All Girl Filling Station during WWII and ultimately became the first female Air Force pilots.”

McEntire is expected to star in the film as well as produce it and already has the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning director Callie Khouri on board to direct. If you recall, Khouri created the TV series Nashville, produced Thelma & Louise, and wrote the movie for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. It’s pretty much a dream team to bring Flagg’s story to life.

This is not the first Flagg project that McEntire has tried to bring to the screen, though. Back in 2020, McEntire announced that she was working on a television series based on Fried Green Tomatoes with Flagg and legendary producer Norman Lear on board to help.

The hourlong drama, which certainly would have been a hit in the South, was in the works with NBC, but sadly never came to fruition.AL.com reports that McEntire discussed the fate of series on a podcast where she explained that it “just kinda went away.” McEntire summed it up as, all part of “showbiz.”

Fingers crossed that this film version makes it to our screens, because we’ll be first in line to watch!