Stephanie Laing is maintaining busy. Deadline has simply revealed that she is lined as much as direct a TV adaptation of Claire Vaye Watkins’ 2021 novel “I Love You However I’ve Chosen Darkness” following the latest announcement that she has additionally been tapped to direct and exec produce an untitled NBC drama pilot based mostly on Dutch sequence “A’dam.”
Because the supply particulars, Watkins’ ebook — her third work of fiction — was named Finest E book of the Yr by Vogue, Leisure Weekly, Esquire, Kirkus, and NPR. Self-importance Honest described it as “a beguiling, biting exploration of motherhood (and personhood) that weaves in wealthy biographical particulars and is about within the desert warmth of her California and Nevada hometowns.”
Tomorrow Studios — whom Laing already works with on the Apple TV+ Rose Byrne-starring sequence “Bodily” — will develop the venture, with “Made For Love” co-creator Alissa Nutting on board to pen it.
“We love working with Stephanie on ‘Bodily’ due to her unbelievable expertise for showcasing complicated tales of feminine empowerment in a means that resonates with a world viewers. We’re excited to work along with her and prolific author Alissa to carry Claire’s highly effective work to tv, and we’re proud to have a robust group of girls spearheading this unbelievable venture,” mentioned Tomorrow Studios’ Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements, who together with Laing, Nutting, and Watkins will each exec produce.
Laing is an EP on “Bodily,” a darkish comedy a couple of girl who is decided to construct a health empire. She’s helmed many episodes of the sequence, which is now in its second season. A two-time Emmy winner fowr her work on “Veep,” Laing is directing on “Mammals,” an upcoming Prime Video dramedy in regards to the challenges of marriage.
Watkins’ first novel, “Gold Fame Citrus,” adopted her quick story assortment “Battleborn,” which gained quite a few awards together with The Dylan Thomas Prize.
Supply: Women And Hollywood