Netflix Sets Amy Adams-Led Limited Series About Walmart Class-Action Lawsuit

She will star in and executive produce Kings of America

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A dramatic legal tale centered on Walmart is coming to Netflix.

Kings of America, a limited series, will follow the tale of three women who are each involved with Walmart around the time of an enormous class-action lawsuit against the big-box retailer, the streaming giant said today at the CTAM virtual press tour (which is partially replacing the annual Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, canceled this year due to the pandemic).

The limited series will, according to the logline from Netflix, center on “three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, a maverick executive and a longtime Walmart saleswoman and preacher who dared to fight against the retail giant in the biggest class action lawsuit in U.S.

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