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Hulu has picked up Tiny Beautiful Things to series. Kathryn Hahn (Wandavision) will star in the half-hour comedy from ABC Signature and Hello Sunshine.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has ordered a series adaptation of “Tiny Beautiful Things” starring Kathryn Hahn, with Liz Tigelaar writing and Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon executive producing.Based on Cheryl Strayed’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, the half-hour series is about a woman (Hahn) who reluctantly becomes Dear Sugar — an anonymous, revered advice columnist — when her own life is falling apart.“As we emerge from a pandemic during which stories like those told in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ helped us feel a sense of community and camaraderie at a moment we most needed it, this is a prescient story to be able to tell at this moment in time and we’re grateful to be able to tell it,” said · Said Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. “We’re excited to work with Liz, Kathryn, and Cheryl to tell this story, and to reunite with Reese, Liz, and our partners at ABC Signature following our incredible collaboration on ‘Little Fires Everywhere.’” Tigelaar is adapting the book for the screen and will also serve as executive producer and showrunner.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, has been confirmed for a film adaptation in line with Netflix, and can likely be expected to begin filming very soon.WATCH BELOW: Books To Read If You Love Romantic ComediesWhile Taylor has been a working author for years, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (which you can also grab here) was her first blockbuster novel, especially given the attention it garnered on TikTok, where bibliophiles often post videos about their favourite characters, quotes, and their ideal cast for the film.The book-to-screen adaptation will be led by Liz Tigelaar, who is an American TV writer and producer.She’s well known for also adapting the Celeste Ng novel Little Fires Everywhere for Apple TV, which starred Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, and was backed by Reese’s production company, Hello Sunshine.The cover of the novel shows Evelyn in stunning green.This is not Liz’s first time working with Taylor Jenkins Reid’s source material.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIt took ample trial and error for composers Mark Isham and Isabella Summers to get to the heart of Little Fires Everywhere.Created by Liz Tigelaar, the Hulu miniseries centers on a Shaker Heights matriarch and her family whose lives are upended, when a mysterious mother and daughter come into town. The drama called for a score that would “capture the essence of these women,” Summers says, who had become completely entangled with one another.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVLiz Tigelaar’s “Little Fires Everywhere” writers’ room was on the Paramount lot, a central point between herself and many of her Eastside writers. But when the show wrapped, she wanted to move her space closer to home in Venice Beach.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe art of adapting a novel into a television series is a tricky business, one that involves speaking to the audience that has already read the book while also drawing in viewers who have not.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDuring a panel titled “Showrunner Superpanel: where do we go from here” at the virtual edition of the BANFF World Media Festival, a roster of some of the top shows on television talked about their journeys to Hollywood.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-manager“We’re a show that’s grieving right now on multiple levels,” said Liz Tigelaar during the Little Fires Everywhere writers panel on the final day of ATX TV…from the Couch!.She first paid tribute fellow Little Fires executive producer and director Lynn Shelton, who passed away in May from complications of a previously unidentified blood disorder.

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Joshua Jackson turned heads in  when he — and his undies -- became the talk of social media after the Hulu series dropped back in March.

Hulu is jumping into the companion podcast game, teaming up with iHeartRadio to create a series that will take listeners inside its new limited series, Little Fires Everywhere. The TV series, which premieres March 18, brings Celeste Ng's book of the same name to the small screen.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “Little Fires Everywhere,” streaming now on Hulu.

ABC Studios has signed ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ showrunner Liz Tigelaar to a two-year overall pod deal, with Tigelaar’s new company Best Day Ever adding Netflix exec Stacey Silverman as her producing partner.

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