Overview
- The project, reported Monday by Deadline, names Ilana Wolpert as writer and Beth Schwartz as showrunner.
- The series keeps Ella’s curse of uncontrollable obedience but moves the story to a boarding school drawn from chapters in Gail Carson Levine’s novel.
- Miramax Television and Paramount Television Studios will co-produce for Disney+, reflecting the companies’ push to adapt library titles.
- Anne Hathaway is attached behind the camera for now as an executive producer, with casting and release timing not announced.
- Additional executive producers include Johnathan Rice and Adam Shulman via Somewhere Pictures, with iGen Studios also on board.