‘The Art Of Scandal’: Universal TV & Julie Plec To Adapt Regina Black’s Romance Novel
18.12.2023 - 19:43
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Julie Plec‘s My So-Called Company and Universal Television have acquired the rights to Regina Black’s debut novel The Art of Scandal.
The Art of Scandal tells the story of Rachel Abbott who, on the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, receives an explicit text from him that she quickly realizes was meant for another woman. Divorce is inevitable, and Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage empty handed.
Plec is attached as executive producer alongside Plec’s partner at MSCC, Emily Cummins. Black will serve as a consulting producer on the project.
“I feel like I’ve been waiting for a book like this to come around for years. Regina really knocked this out of the park, allowing me to indulge in my favorite kind of television: a sexy, smart, multi-generational, multi-cultural soap,” Plec said in a statement.
Here’s a synopsis for The Art of Scandal:
On the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, Rachel Abbott receives an explicit text from her husband that she quickly realizes was meant for another woman. Divorce is inevitable, and Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage empty handed.
Meanwhile, Matt, a rising star mayor with his eye on the White House, can’t afford a messy split in the middle of his reelection campaign. They strike a deal: Rachel gets one million dollars and their lavish house in the wealthy DC suburb of Oasis Springs, as long as she keeps playing the ideal Black trophy wife until the election.
Then Rachel meets Nathan Vasquez and their connection makes Rachel forget about being the perfect politician’s wife. As Rachel reawakens Nathan’s long-dormant artistic aspirations, their attraction becomes impossible to resist. But secrets are