Netflix orders Lonesome Dove series from Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart
Netflix has won a competitive bidding war and ordered a straight-to-series adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, developed and written for television by Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart, who will co-showrun after their work on East of Eden. The series is produced in partnership with Teton Ridge Entertainment and lists multiple executive producers including Thomas Tull and representatives of the McMurtry estate. No cast or premiere date have been announced, and the announcement invites comparison to the famed 1989 adaptation that featured a prominent all-star cast.
Netflix ordered a straight-to-series adaptation of Lonesome Dove.
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Netflix recently secured the television rights after a competitive bidding process. Kazan and Stuart are reuniting with the streamer after East of Eden. Casting and production updates are likely to follow.
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