A couple romance items you may have missed!
Netflix renewed NOBODY WANTS THIS for a second season with two new Showrunners. Love this!!
Harlequin in partnering with Centinel Media to source their books as IP for movies and shows. Timing seems right for this kind of partnership given the industry’s desire for more projects in this space, but not sure if these titles always having the following of contemporary romances.
THE OTHER BENNETT SISTER, a novel focused on Mary, the forgotten Bennett sister in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, will be getting a BBC adaptation. The book is a period piece and sounds really fun!
And in other PRIDE AND PREJUDICE news, Netflix is developing a tv adaptation of the material from writer Dolly Alderton. All of that sounds a little snoozy to me until you mention Dolly’s name. Her book GOOD MATERIAL was one of my favorites of the year, and I’d be interested to see what she brings to this. Casting will have to live up to Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen….a tall order!
Actress Sarah Drew has written and will executive produce a Lifetime holiday movie called A CARPENTER CHRISTMAS ROMANCE, which will star Sascha Pieterse and Mitchell Slaggert. The movie about a bestselling author who is reunited with her sexy ex-crush, a carpenter.