Elin Hilderbrand opens with his many books that are suitable for the small and large screen. Sunday Sunday, Hilderbrand was joined by Jenna Lamia, the showrunner of “The perfect couple” and the writer of “The perfect couple” and the writer and producer of Five Star Weekend “of” Flipp.
“The Five-Star Weekend” is currently in production, with Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan, Arcy Carden and Timothy Olyphant. But this is one of the many in preparation for Hilderbrand, the first adaptation of which was “the perfect couple”.
“Jenna and I are developing the series” Winter Street “with Netflix”, she laughed on the panel before diving into other adaptations to come. “I have a project with Universal, which I will not talk about.”
Gwartz gave him permission to say which Series to which she was referring, but not on the platform he will be. “The ‘Paradise’ series, which takes place on St. John, is with Universal,” said Hilderbrand. “And then” 28 Summers “is in development. And my novel “The Academy”, which I wrote with my daughter, who was released in September, is in development. And “The Hotel Nantucket” is in development. “
She continued: “The summer of” 69 “was with Sony and made advantages, and I had a lot of upward projects. I had the identical ” in Hulu … who went next. It is so difficult to do something. All stars must line up, so when I talk about these projects that are in development, some of them may not be done, but it seems better to me than it is! ”
Elin Hilderbrand, Jenna Lamia and Bekah Brunstetter when the script is turned over: the bestsellers to screen with Elin Hilderbrand
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During the Public Q&R, she was asked what she meant by “upside down” and developed her programs which are not peelled.
“For example,” the identical “, we did shopping around Hollywood. We had a few offers. We went with Hulu. Hulu was in development with the writers … The writers had the first script and the rest of the season, and they took it in Hulu, and they died,” she said. “So, at that time, it’s a dead office. Sony bought it.
When she discusses season 2 of “The perfect couple”, she played Coy, because the show has not yet been officially renewed in Netflix and was originally planned, as a limited series. However, it was reported that a second season will be made on the basis of his book “Swan Song”.
“If a season 2 is made, it will be called” the perfect couple “. If a season 2 is made, it will be based on my novel “Swan Song”. That I can say, ”she said. When asked if Joanna Calo would present the second potential season, she replied: “If season 2 was made, Joanna Calo will be the showrunner. Have I drunk with her this week? I did it. “
Lamia and Hilderbrand also talked about the evolution of season 1 of the very successful “The perfect couple”; It took many years and was not easy.
“He experienced a five -year -old roller coaster race to get a driver for Fox. He was a network show, and then that was not the case, then we almost succeeded in Singapore with Singaporean actors,” said Lamia.
The series also changed compared to the jump, because Netflix had a little different vision – but Hilderbrand gave Lamia “general permission” to change everything she needed.
“For those of you who have read the book and said:” It sounds like nothing like the show “, Netflix really wanted a mystery of murder of six episodes. So there are a lot about the lovers of the book, but that is not quite [make it in]. I think you and I felt: “Oh, we want to have two other episodes to dive into love stories.” But that’s not what Netflix wanted, “said the author.” And that was good, because I have the impression that, as a mystery of murder of six episodes, it is one of the best on the market, and it’s beautiful. I was very happy.
Lamia added: “The screen time was necessary for the mystery and the intrigue of the murder, and he took a darker comic tone. Things are simply evolving over time, especially when a director gets involved, then distribution members are involved, and you start to rewrite for them. Things start to change; The character of Tag has changed soi after leiv [Schreiber] Signed on. There were things that we were sad to lose along the way, but we won so much. I didn’t know it was going to be as funny as it ended. »»
For Hilderbrand, she reminds her readers who are not always delighted with an adaptation of one thing: “Everyone can read the book, then you can enjoy the show. These are two distinct experiences.”
