Adaptations From The Summer I Turned Pretty to Shrill Allow Authors More Agency
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Having her nonfiction book of essays, “Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman,” turned into a streaming scripted comedy in 2019 checked many boxes for Lindy West. It directly responded to the book’s critique of the lack of visual representation of fat women in the media by making “a piece of representation that’s exactly the thing I’d been missing,” she says, while also fulfilling her dream of writing for television.
West didn’t just hand over her book to television producers for them to adapt; she stepped onto the show as a writer and executive producer, helping to shape the screen version. Historically, it hasn’t been that common for authors to get the opportunity to adapt their own work, but that attitude has been shifting in an industry claiming to be keen on authenticity in its storytelling. One of the spotlight panels at
To All the Boys headed for a spinoff series on THIS much loved character featuring Anna Cathcart
Lara Jean s sister s character Kitty, played by Anna Cathcart, is reportedly in early development at Netflix for a spinoff TV series. Written By
Pinkvilla Desk 5000 reads Mumbai Published: April 1, 2021 03:14 pm To All the Boys headed for a spinoff series on THIS much loved character featuring Anna Cathcart.
If you did not want Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky s love story to end when To All the Boys: Always and Forever released this February, Netflix has found a way to breathe life into the much loved film franchise. Turns out, one of the film s important characters is now headed for a spinoff series. Lara Jean s sister s character Kitty, played by Anna Cathcart, is reportedly in early development at Netflix for a spinoff TV series.