EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation,
Apple has landed for development a TV series based on Elissa Sussman’s best-selling 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 banner, Deadline has learned. The intention is for Page to star in the
Tomorrow Studios project, which is now in early stages, with Rachel Alter writing the adaptation, sources said.
A rep for Apple declined comment.
Published in 2022,
Funny You Should Ask is a love story that centers on a restless young journalist with big dreams who interviews a Hollywood heartthrob – and then reunites with him ten years later to discover exactly how he feels about her.
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.
deadline.com
