International Courant
Netflix has ordered its restricted collection adaptation of East of Eden to a seven episode collection and set Mike Faist and Hoon Lee to affix Christopher Abbott and Florence Pugh within the all-star ensemble. Zoe Kazan is writing and exec producing and Pugh can also be on board to co-produce.
Deadline was the primary to report the streamer touchdown the bundle in 2022 following a aggressive bidding warfare. Nameless Content material and Fifth Season are co-producing the collection. Garth Davis will direct episodes 1-4 and function an govt producer. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre may even direct episodes. Antoine Douiahy will function govt producer.
“Zoe’s considerate and creative imaginative and prescient pays homage to her grandfather’s revered movie adaptation whereas fantastically honoring and introducing new audiences to a real canon of American literature. She is an inspiring, artistic drive and we won’t wait for everybody to see what she and Jeb, alongside the good forged led by Florence Pugh, convey to the display screen,” mentioned Peter Friedlander, Vice President, Scripted Sequence.
The novel was beforehand tailored as a movie in 1955 with Zoe’s grandfather, Elia Kazan, directing for Warner Bros. The movie was additionally notable for being James Dean’s first main display screen function, which Faist will play on this model.
The restricted collection adaptation will discover the novel’s themes of trauma and restore; love and betrayal; obligation and free will. The collection will sketch an intimate portrait of the Trask household towards the backdrop of big historic forces — or, as Steinbeck put it, “the story of my nation and the story of me.”
“Within the strategy of bringing this household saga to life, the resonance of my circle of relatives connection to the fabric has not been misplaced on me. However it’s Steinbeck’s writing–private, surprising, profound and free–that has stored me enthralled to East of Eden since I first learn the ebook as a younger teenager. Engaged on this has been the best pleasure, and I’m thrilled by the forged and crew we’re assembling – and deeply grateful to Netflix, Fifth Season & Nameless Content material for his or her assist,” mentioned Kazan.
