Megan Abbott "is setting up her latest television project after eOne snapped up the rights to her upcoming book The Turnout," which will be released in the summer of 2021, Deadline reported. Author of 10 novels, Abbott co-created and co-showran the TV version of Dare Me, which was adapted for USA Network and Netflix last year. That project was produced by UCP and Michael Lombardo, who is now president of Global Television at eOne. Prior to that, Abbott was a writer on HBO's The Deuce.
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Meredith Dawson has been hired to adapt Rosie Danan's debut novel, The Roommate, "which has been getting strong notices ahead of general release next month," Deadline reported. Screen rights for the book were optioned by Anton Productions (Greenland, The Night House). Anton is producing, and the Gotham Group (The Maze Runner series) is executive-producing.
Dawson said: "As a devoted fan of the romantic comedy genre, I was wildly impressed how Rosie knocked it out of the park with her witty sense of humor, crystal clear characters and seat-gripping sexual tension. As Josh and Clara fight their own bubbling temptations, you'll fight yours to put the book down. It was impossible to read this without the air conditioner on full blast. The 'raunch-com' has arrived and I am HERE for it. I feel very lucky to be working with the genius minds at Gotham and Anton and look forward to making them blush."