Jessica Chastain (Ava, Scenes from a Marriage) has optioned the TV rights to Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, The School for Good Mothers, through her production company Freckle Films, beating "a number of rivals to the rights," Deadline reported.
Freckle Films will team up with Finding Ohana director Jude Weng and Endeavor Content to adapt the project. Weng will direct, and is an executive producer on the scripted series with Chan, Chastain and her Freckle Films partner Kelly Carmichael.