Anna Kendrick is stepping in to direct the film Evelyn Hugo’s Seven Husbands.
Netflix announced Monday that the star will direct the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reed’s 2017 best-selling novel. Evelyn Hugo’s Seven Husbands.
Small fires everywhere Creator, showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will write the film, with current reviews by Francesca Sloan. Producers include Lisa Chasen for 3Dot Productions and Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion. Reed and Margaret Chernin will executive produce. Reed will also executive produce.
Kendrick’s direction is the latest update on the adaptation. The bestselling novel was previously in development for a free-form series with L wordExecutive produced by Ilene Chaikin and Jennifer Beals.
Evelyn Hugo’s Seven Husbands The film follows reclusive Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, who enlists little-known reporter Monique Grant to write her tell-all book, which will chronicle her life and rise to fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Always a tabloid subject, Evelyn shares for the first time details of her seven marriages, revealing the secrets she’s kept, who she is behind the scenes and why she chose Monique for her latest confession.
Although the film’s casting has not yet been publicly announced, fans were quick to name some Hollywood stars as their choices to portray the book’s characters, most notably Jessica Chastain, Ana de Armas, and Eiza Gonzalez.
During an interview with E! news In 2023, Chastain said there was “zero possibility” that she would play Celia St. James in the film adaptation, but she would love to see how “amazing” the book’s fanbase would be.
Meanwhile, both de Armas and Gonzalez have expressed their willingness to star in the film for the titular role. “It would be an honor,” Gonzalez said. “I love the book. I love everyone [Reid’s] Things. I’m a big fan.”
Evelyn Hugo It is just one of a number of Reid’s books that will be adapted for the screen. Carrie Soto is back In development as a television series for Netflix with Amanda Kate Shuman writing and executive produced by Serena Williams. Hollywood Reporter Exclusively revealed that Reid’s novel Malibu height It was developed as a television series for Hulu, with Taylor adapting and executive producing alongside Circle of Confusion. Author’s narration One loves the real one It was adapted for film and starred HamiltonPhilippa Su, Shang-chis Simo Liu and HolidateLuke Pressey. Meanwhile, its best seller Daisy Jones and the Six It was released as a Prime Video series starring Riley Keough and Sam Claflin.
Reed has sold more than 24 million copies worldwide in 43 languages (including English) and her books have also been selected for the GMA Book Club, Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, and Read with Jenna, the Jenna Bush Hager Book Club.
