Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired the rights to Katy Hays’ upcoming novel Home Economics, with Julia Roberts attached to star and produce.
The deal was announced this week. Roberts will produce through her Red Om Films banner with Lisa Roberts Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill. Marc Platt will also produce via Marc Platt Productions. Hays is set to adapt the novel herself and serve as an executive producer on the film. The plot details remain under wraps for now.
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Billie Eilish is in advanced talks to make her feature film acting debut as Esther Greenwood in Sarah Polley's adaptation of Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar.' The project, backed by Plan B Entertainment, Joy Coalition, and StudioCanal with Focus Features in talks for distribution, follows a young woman's mental health struggles amid 1950s societal expectations. Polley, an Oscar winner for 'Women Talking,' is directing and adapting the screenplay.
A TV adaptation of the 2009 film 'Bride Wars' is in development at Peacock, starring Emma Roberts as a wedding planner. The series reimagines the story of rival planners clashing over a wedding in North Carolina. It has not yet received an official order.
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Netflix has given a straight-to-series order for a limited series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel 'The Corrections,' with Meryl Streep starring as the family matriarch Enid. The project is written by Franzen and directed by Cord Jefferson. Streep's involvement was first announced two years ago during early development.
Black Bear and Artists Equity have partnered on the upcoming film A Woman in the Sun, which will star Renée Zellweger and Sissy Spacek alongside Mia Threapleton. The project marks the directorial debut of Julia Cox, who wrote and executive produced the 2023 film Nyad.
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Emma D'Arcy, star of HBO's 'House of the Dragon,' has been cast as the lead in 'Last Train Home,' a magical realist short film about dying from director Jessi Gutch. The project draws from Gutch's personal experience with incurable ovarian cancer and explores death as a multifaceted human experience. Production is currently seeking financing with a budget of £72,000.
A month after releasing its trailer, Channel 4 is launching the reboot of Barbara Taylor Bradford's classic novel A Woman of Substance, promising more romance and sex than Bridgerton and Rivals. The eight-part drama stars Brenda Blethyn as the older Emma Harte and Jessica Reynolds as her younger self. It premieres on March 10, 2026, at 9pm, with the full series available online immediately after.