Apple has acquired for development a TV series based on Elissa Sussman's bestselling 2022 novel, Funny You Should Ask, with Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton, Black Bag) and his producing partner Emily Brown executive producing through their A Mighty Stranger Production company, Deadline reported.
Page will star in the project, which is now in early stages, with Rachel Alter writing the adaptation. Deadline noted that "in an element of art imitating life, the movie star in the book--the role Page is poised to play--is the latest James Bond. Brit Page himself has been a popular fan pick to play 007 since his breakout starring turn in the first season of Netflix/Shondaland's Bridgerton."
Alter will also executive produce, as will Robin Schwartz and Carolyn Daucher, along with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Alissa Bachner of Tomorrow Studios, which is the studio.