Ellen Pompeo Prepping ABC Drama Based on Paradise Book Trilogy
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The Grey s Anatomy star will exec produce alongside former Mad Men writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton.
Ellen Pompeo is expanding her producing footprint for ABC.
The
Mad Men writers André and Maria Jacquemetton to bring Elin Hilderbrand s best-selling
Paradise book trilogy to ABC as a limited series.
The drama, which is currently in development as part of the
Grey s and
Station 19 exec producer s larger pact with ABC Signature, tells the story of a husband s secret life and a wife s new beginning. The potential series revolves around Irene Steele, who, after her husband s perplexing death, learns that he had been living a secret life with an entirely separate family on the Caribbean island of St. John. As Irene untangles a web of intrigue and deceit, and as she and her sons find themselves drawn into the vibrant island culture, they have to face the truth about their family and the