Netflix is making a name for itself as the best place to watch stories about real people’s lives. The upcoming limited series From Scratch is another example of this. Tembi Locke’s best-selling memoir, From Scratch, will be adapted into a series to be released on Netflix soon in 2022.
Starring Zoe Saldana, the series will tell the narrative of a woman who, over the course of the series, goes through the emotions of love, the loss of a loved one, sadness, and hope.
With Zoe Saldana and her sisters Cisely Saldana and Mariel Saldana, Locke’s sister Attica Locke (Empire, When They See Us) will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Reese Witherspoon, an actress as well as a producer, is also producing through the production business she founded, Hello Sunshine. Additionally, Nzingha Stewart, an Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and director, will oversee the majority of the episodes of From Scratch.
So let’s talk about this upcoming action. After reading this article, you will be fully informed regarding From Scratch’s release date, cast, production, and a lot more.
From Scratch Is It Coming In September?
‘From Scratch’ won’t be arriving in September. The film will debut in October 2022. So mark your calendar and set your alarm for Friday, October 21, 2022, at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET, when the romantic drama series debuts on Netflix.
Additionally, the Netflix limited series From Scratch will have eight one-hour episodes. Within the next weeks, we may also anticipate the release of an official teaser trailer.
Principal Cast And Characters
As mentioned before, Zoe Saldana stars as one of the key characters in the limited series. She portrays Amy Wheeler in the drama. Saldana is well-known for her performances in movies like Crossroads, Guess Who, Avatar, Drumline, Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy, Colombiana, Avengers: Infinity War, and The Adam Project.
Lino, played by Eugenio Mastrandrea, co-stars with her. He is well-known for his work in the films La fuggitiva, Nero a metà, and A.C.A.B. – All Cops Are Bastards.
The cast is listed below:
- Amy Wheeler will be portrayed by Zoe Saldana in the movie.
- Eugenio Mastrandrea will portray the role of the character Lino
- Danielle Deadwyler will perform the role of the character Zora
- Keith David will portray the role of the character Hershel
- Kellita Smith will portray the role of the character Lynn
- Judith Scott will portray the role of the character Maxine
- Lucia Sardo will portray the role of the character Filomena
- Paride Benassai will portray the role of the character Giacomo
- Roberta Rigano will portray the role of the character Biagia
The following actors will play recurring roles in the upcoming drama “From Scratch”:
- Terrell Carter will portray the role of Ken
- Medalion Rahimi will portray the role of Laila
- Jonathan Del Arco will portray the role of David
- Peter Mendoza will portray the role of Andreas
- Lorenzo Pozzan will portray the role of Filippo
- Jonathan D. King will portray the role of Silvio
- Saad Siddiqui will portray the role of Dr. Atluri
If you wish to see the whole cast and crew for the show, you can do so by visiting the show’s official page on IMDb.
The Storyline
As was indicated before, the upcoming series From Scratch on Netflix will be based on the real-life experiences and family of author Tembi Locke, as recounted in her autobiography, which was released in May of this year. In order to turn the novel into a series, the author collaborated with her sister Attica Locke, who is also an author.
The Shondaland website interviewed the two siblings in 2019 to learn more about what inspired the plot. A quick rundown of the storyline of the series is as follows:
From Scratch, based on the No. 1 memoir on the New York Times bestseller list, tells the tale of an African American woman who meets and falls in love with a Sicilian chef while studying abroad in Florence. She later moves in with him in Los Angeles and begins to meld their two seemingly disparate cultures.
Amy cares for her husband after he is unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer and pulls their two very different families together to form a new loving family for her and her daughter after he passes away.
What’s The Production Status?
The production of the Netflix show From Scratch was completed in a relatively short amount of time: the first day of filming was April 5, 2021, and it lasted until August 7, 2021.
The shooting began in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, and then relocated to Florence, Italy, in July of 2021. As of the month of November 2021, post-production work had been done on the limited series.
