Zoe Saldana, Reese Witherspoon team up for Netflix limited series

Zoe Saldana is set to star in Netflix limited series "From Scratch" with Reese Wirspoon attached as producer.

Saldana will also executive produce along with Wirspoon and her producing partner Lauren Neustter, reported Variety.

series is an aptation of Tembi Locke's memoir "From Scratch".

It is described as an "autobiographical romance that follows an American woman as she falls in love with a Sicilian man while studying abro in Italy n builds a life with him in United States. When she unexpectedly loses him to illness, she is challenged to pull herself through grief so she can raise ir daughter as y would have raised her toger: with hope, joy and infinite love."

memoir was published in April by and was selected as Wirspoon's Book Club x Hello Sunshine May 2019 book pick.

Tembi's sister Attica Locke will serve as showrunner and executive producer on series. She has previously been a part of writing team for Ava DuVernay's Netflix series "When y See Us".

"This is a profound true story of love and family, deprivation and urishment, that needs to be brought to life on screen as Tembi Locke brought it vividly to life for me on p. We are grateful to Netflix and thrilled to be working with Reese, Lauren, Attica and 3 Arts on this wonderful project," said Saldana.

Calling Tembi's memoir a "raw and tender exhibition of life in all its pieces," Wirspoon said team feels houred to bring her life on-screen.

"She brings you into her love, her loss and her resilience with such vulnerability and strength. We immediately fell for Attica and Tembi's vision and feel houred to have opportunity to help bring it to life on-screen. We could t imagine more perfect partners for this than Zoe and her sisters and 3 Arts Entertainment, along with incredible team at Netflix," she said.