Drake Doremus & Fifth Season Developing Romantic Drama Series ‘One Day In December’ For Netflix; Lucy Boynton To Star And EP
15.03.2023 - 19:35
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Esteemed indie filmmaker Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) is making his first major move into television with the series One Day in December in development at Netflix, which has Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) attached to exec produce and star, according to multiple sources.
Netflix declined to comment, and the show’s studio Fifth Season could not be reached. But the romantic drama series is based on the Josie Silver novel of the same name, which was a hotly pursued property after coming in as both #1 New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, upon its 2018 publication by Random House.
The book tells the story of Laurie, who per the publisher, “is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic…and then her bus drives away.” Laurie subsequently spends a year or so scouring London in search of the mystery man. His name is Jack, she learns, when he’s finally introduced to her at a Christmas party — as the new boyfriend of her best friend, Sarah. “What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack,” per Random House, “is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered.”
Deadline understands that Fifth Season tapped Doremus to develop the One Day in December series alongside Contenta Superba’s Joel Stillerman (Blow, Rounders) after optioning the book, with Doremus now set to write, direct and exec produce alongside Boynton and Stillerman. Netflix is said to have bought the project off of a compelling presentation by Doremus. And sources tell us that it’s being