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Kim Kardashian<\/a> is headed to Netflix. After a week-long bidding war, the streaming platform has acquired the distribution rights to her forthcoming comedy <\/span>The Fifth Wheel.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The reality star, SKIMS founder <\/span>and aspiring screen star<\/a> is set to lead the female-driven ensemble cast, as well as serve as a producer on the project, <\/span>Deadline<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/span><\/p>\n No information regarding plot details have been released, nor have any casting decisions been announced, apart from Kardashian.<\/span><\/p>\n The script comes courtesy of Paula Pell — an award-winning writer whose credits include <\/span>Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>AP Bio<\/span><\/em> among others.<\/span><\/p>\n Pell co-wrote the screenplay with comedian\u00a0Janine Brito, Pell’s wife. The pair also play a married couple in the comedy series\u00a0Girls5eva, which recently moved to Netflix after two seasons on Peacock.<\/span><\/p>\n Pell is also set to produce alongside Kardashian.<\/span><\/p>\n The film was courted by several different distributors, and a theatrical release was considered, before Netflix won the bidding, according to <\/span>The Hollywood Reporter.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n While Kardashian is most famous for her reality TV roles — starring with her family on 20 seasons of <\/span>Keeping Up With the Kardashians<\/span><\/em> on E! and four seasons of <\/span>The Kardashians<\/span><\/em> on Hulu — <\/span>she’s ventured into scripted projects a few times before.<\/a><\/p>\n Apart from some minor and recurring roles on TV shows including Drop Dead Diva and CSI: NY, Kardashian has appeared in a handful of films as well. She starred in 2008’s\u00a0<\/span>Disaster Movie<\/span><\/em>, the 2009 sex comedy Deep in the Valley, and 2013’s\u00a0<\/span>Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Most recently, Kardashian made her most notable appearance in <\/span>American Horror Story: Delicate–<\/span><\/em>\u00a0the latest season of the anthology horror series — in which she plays celebrity publicist\u00a0Siobhan Corbyn.<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n