Amy Poehler is "expanding her relationship with NBC" by setting up The Mother-in-Law, based on Sally Hepworth's novel, at the network. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the "drama landed at NBC with a sizable put-pilot commitment."
Jessica Goldberg (The Path, Parenthood) will write the script and exec produce alongside Poehler and her Paper Kite head of production Kate Arend. Hepworth is also attached to exec produce alongside 3 Arts' Dave Becky.
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Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager, House) is developing a script for a TV adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's novels, "but which of the Queen of Crime's books he is adapting is being kept strictly under wraps," Variety reported.
The project is through ITV-owned producer Mammoth Screen and is being developed for the BBC. In 2016, the BBC and Agatha Christie Ltd. inked a deal for seven adaptations. The BBC's Mammoth-produced projects since include three-parter Ordeal by Innocence and The ABC Murders, Variety noted.