Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that Netflix has hired Anna Kendrick to direct the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2017 bestseller The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
- Liz Tigelaar wrote the first draft of the screenplay and Francesca Sloane is working on revisions while Taylor Jenkins Reid will executive produce and Liza Chasin, Brad Mendelsohn and David Hinojosa are listed as producers.
- Netflix says the adaptation is preparing to enter production, but no casting, production start date, or release window has been announced.
- The novel’s huge BookTok and social-media following has produced persistent fancasting and strong fan interest that is likely to shape casting coverage and the film’s marketing.
- Kendrick’s hire follows the streamer’s eight-figure acquisition of her directorial debut Woman of the Hour at TIFF and signals Netflix is pairing a rising director with a marquee literary property.