Apple Inks Deal for 'The Big Door Prize' From 'Schitt's Creek' Writer
Friday May 28, 2021 1:42 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Apple has won the rights to "The Big Door Prize," a half-hour comedy based on M.O. Walsh's bestselling novel of the same name, reports
Deadline. Apple was involved in a bidding war for the series, winning out over multiple other bidders.
The project, headed up by "Schitt's Creek" writer and executive producer David West Read, will consist of 10 half-hour episodes. Read is writing the adaptation and is set to serve as showrunner.
"The Big Door Prize" tells the story of the residents of a small town named Deerfield, who discover that there's a magical, destiny predicting machine in their local grocery store. From the novel's description: