Anna Kendrick is stepping in to direct the The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Netflix announced Monday that the star will helm the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2017 best-selling novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Little Fires Everywhere creator, showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will write the film, with current revisions by Francesca Sloane. Producers include Liza Chasin for 3Dot Productions and Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion. Reid and Margaret Chernin will exec produce. Reid will also exec produce.
Kendrick directing is the latest update with the adaptation. The best-selling novel was previously in development for a series on Freeform with The L Word‘s Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals exec producing.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo centers on reclusive, iconic Hollywood starlet Evelyn Hugo, who enlists unknown reporter Monique Grant to write her tell-all book, which will chronicle her life story and rise to fame during the golden age of Hollywood. Always the subject of tabloids, Evelyn also details for the first time her seven marriages, revealing secrets she’s held on to, who she is behind the scenes and why she chose Monique for her final confession.
