EXCLUSIVE: Welcome to Chippendales writer, executive producer and co-showrunner Robert Siegel has signed a multi-year overall with 20th Television, the studio behind the Hulu limited series starring Kumail Nanjiani, which premieres today on Hulu.
03.11.2022 - 23:29 / deadline.com
Catherine Lacey’s novel The Answers is being adapted for television by Sorry for Your Loss creator Kit Steinkellner, Dopesick creator Danny Strong and Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky.
The trio have scored a pilot order for the project at FX.
The story is set in the near future, where a heartbroken young woman joins an enigmatic experiment that promises to hack love, but after moving into an idyllic, secluded location with her fellow female participants, she and the other women start questioning what’s really happening in the experiment, and why they’ve all been tasked with dating the same mysterious man.
The book, which was published in 2017, has been likened to The Handmaid’s Tale. It follows Mary Parsons, who becomes an emotional girlfriend in the “Girlfriend Experiment, the brainchild of a wealthy and infamous actor Kurt Sky.
Kit Steinkellner, who created and exec produced the Facebook series Sorry For Your Loss, starring Elizabeth Olsen, will write and exec produce.
Danny Strong, who also co-created Empire and Darren Aronofsky, who directed buzzy A24 film The Whale with Brendan Fraser and is an exec producer on FX’s Hulu series Kindred, will exec produce with Mandy Safavi with Danny Strong Productions and Ari Handel and Elizabeth Gesas with Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.
Gillian Robespierre, who wrote and directed feature films Obvious Child and Landline, and has directed episodes of A Teacher and And Just Like That…, is set to direct and executive produce the pilot.
The one-hour drama pilot will be produced by 20th Television.
Steinkellner is represented by Circle of Confusion and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan, Strong and Aronofsky are represented by CAA. Lacey is represented by
EXCLUSIVE: Welcome to Chippendales writer, executive producer and co-showrunner Robert Siegel has signed a multi-year overall with 20th Television, the studio behind the Hulu limited series starring Kumail Nanjiani, which premieres today on Hulu.
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This year’s Venice Film Festival featured several draws, new films by Noah Baumbach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and more, but perhaps no return was as anticipated as Hollywood legend Brendan Fraser, who stars in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming psychological drama “The Whale.” ‘The Whale’ Review: Brendan Fraser And Sadie Sink Are A Heartbreaking Duo In Darren Aronofsky’s Best Film Since ‘The Wrestler’ [Venice] Fraser has been out of the limelight for a number of years now, battling with health issues, divorce, depression, and the fierce backlash he received in 2018 after accusing Philip Berk (then-president of the HFPA) of sexually assaulting him in 2003.
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Kit Connor isn’t too pleased with the public right about now.
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Kit Connor called out Netflix’s Heartstopper fans who forced him to address his sexuality — after previously taking a break from social media due to public speculation about his love live.
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