Development In February 2016,
Josh Brolin announced that he and Chastain would play
George Jones and
Tammy Wynette in a biographical film. In September 2020, it was announced the film would instead be a limited series, based on the book
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George by
Georgette Jones, with Brolin no longer attached, instead serving as an executive producer.
John Hillcoat will direct all six episodes of the series. Chastain's production company, Freckle Films is set to executive produce.
Casting Upon the limited series announcement, Chastain was set to star as
Tammy Wynette with
Josh Brolin as George Jones. In January 2022,
Kelly McCormack and
Katy Mixon joined the cast of the series, in guest starring roles.
Filming Principal photography began on December 8, 2021, at the EUE/Screen Gems Studios in
Wilmington, North Carolina Music Chastain and Shannon recorded their own vocals for the show and performed them live on set. When comparing the experience to her work as
Tammy Faye in
The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Chastain explained that she found recording Wynette's songs more intimidating than any of Bakker's catalogue. Both actors worked with vocal coach Ron Browning for months prior to filming, with Shannon stating “These songs, they’re pretty deep and they’ve got some dark corners in them, and we spent a lot of time with them. In addition to learning how to sing them, I think they also kind of taught us about who the people were and the story we were telling.” Both actors talked about how the focus was not on doing an impersonation of Jones or Wynette but of capturing certain aspects of their personality and conveying this during their performances. A soundtrack featuring songs from the show was released digitally from
Sony Masterworks on December 16, 2022. ==Episodes==