TV: Prep; The Handmaid's Tale

HBO has acquired the rights to Curtis Sittenfeld's bestselling novel Prep, which will be developed as a comedy series by former 30 Rock writer-producer Colleen McGuinness and Game of Thrones executive producer Carolyn Strauss, Deadline reported. McGuinness is writing the adaptation and executive producing along with Strauss.

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Reed Morano (Meadowland) "is in talks" to direct Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men). Deadline reported that Hulu has given a straight-to-series order for the drama from MGM Television. Atwood will serve as consulting producer for the series, which will premiere in 2017.

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