Reid’s novel - which was originally published in 2017, and regained popularity this year thanks to enthusiastic book reviewers on TikTok - follows a young journalist tasked with profiling a former Hollywood socialite who has been married seven times. If all goes well, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo film adaptation may be ready for awards season as well. The series was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category. Tigelaar expertly converted the novel into a multi episode series on Hulu starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon, who helped produce the show. She previously created the hit series Little Fires Everywhere, based on Celeste Ng’s best selling book of the same name. Liz Tigelaar has signed on to adapt the novel into a manuscript fitting for the big-screen. Though the upcoming film is in the early development stage, Netflix has scouted a showrunner. Netflix has reportedly secured the film rights to the hit romance-novel, and plans to release it on its streaming platform. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is the latest New York Times best seller to get picked up by a streamer. Previously, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was in development over at Freeform as a series with Reid attached to pen, and Ilene Chaiken ( The L Word, Empire) and Jennifer Beals ( The L Word) executive producing with Fox 21 Television Studios.The novel to movie pipeline is alive and well. Reid’s Daisy Jones & The Six centers on a fictional rock band in the 1970s, charting their rise through the ranks of the LA music scene and beyond, eventually becoming one of the most legendary bands in the world. It takes place over the twenty-four hours leading up to Nina Riva’s infamous Riva Party, but it is also a culmination of generations of secrets and traumas. Malibu Rising centers around the Riva family and surfer siblings Nina, Jay Hud and Kit, as well as their mother June and their father, the famous singer Mick Riva. Reid also penned Daisy Jones & the Six which is currently in production as a series for Amazon, Hello Sunshine and Circle of Confusion. Tigelaar is represented by UTA and Wendy Kirk at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Tigelaar is serving as EP on Malibu Rising, with Amy Talkington writing. Tigelaar is also adapting another of Reid’s New York Times bestsellers, Malibu Rising, for Hulu and 20th Century Television. She is currently under an overall deal at ABC Signature.
Tigelaar’s critically acclaimed series Life Unexpected aired on the CW for two seasons. Tigelaar was most recently creator, showrunner and executive producer of the Emmy nominated Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere, and prior to that, served as showrunner and EP of Hulu’s Golden Globe-nominated comedy Casual. 'Outlast' Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix
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