Netflix unveils Sunshine Girls and Minimum Wage casting update
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Netflix has confirmed two additions to its young-adult slate: new coming-of-age series Sunshine Girls and a casting update for workplace comedy Minimum Wage. The announcements reinforce the streamer’s strategy of adapting digital-first entertainment for younger viewers, partnering with Brat TV and American High.
Sunshine Girls will premiere in December and stars Alma Marian, Isabella Fowler and Erin Rose Park as three unlikely friends navigating their first year at a California high school. Minimum Wage, adapted from American High’s short-form series, has added Randall Park as a pizza-shop manager; its 14 episodes, each 12½ minutes long, are due later this year.
- Netflix announces Sunshine Girls for December.
- Randall Park joins pizza-shop comedy Minimum Wage.
- Both projects extend Netflix’s YA slate.
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Netflix is a global streaming service that makes and buys programmes for audiences around the world. It has been expanding its output for teenagers and young adults, a group that increasingly discovers shows and performers through social media, YouTube and other online platforms.
Sunshine Girls is a coming-of-age drama, a type of story about young people dealing with changes in family, friendship and identity. Its creators previously worked with Brat TV, a digital studio known for youth-focused series released online.
Minimum Wage comes from American High, another youth entertainment company whose short videos have built an audience on social media and YouTube. The comedy centres on teenagers in a pizza shop, while Randall Park is an established actor known for roles in television and film.
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Originally published by The Hollywood Reporter as “Netflix Announces New Series ‘Sunshine Girls,’ Shares Updates on Digital Series ‘Minimum Wage’”.