Overview
- Disney+, which moved the project into development Monday, attached Anne Hathaway as executive producer with Ilana Wolpert writing and Beth Schwartz as showrunner.
- The series keeps Ella’s curse of forced obedience but relocates the story to a boarding school to focus on friendship, bullying, and self‑discovery drawn from the novel.
- Miramax Television and Paramount Television Studios will co‑produce, with Johnathan Rice and Adam Shulman of Somewhere Pictures and iGen Studios also on board as executive producers.
- The project is in early development with no cast, production schedule, or release date announced, and Hathaway is not confirmed to appear on screen.
- The shift signals streamers leaning on familiar IP for YA audiences while revisiting material the 2004 film largely skipped, which could open the door to a new ensemble and longer‑form character arcs.