“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B.
Weiss have added a third project to their Netflix slate: The duo is teaming with Hugh Jackman on an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Overstory” novel.Netflix announced on Thursday that its television adaptation of “The Overstory” — a novel written by Richard Powers that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019 — will be executive produced by Benioff, Weiss, and Jackman.
A release date and casting details for the project are under wraps, though Deadline reported that it was possible that Jackman may have an acting role in the series.
The publication also reported that Richard Robbins wrote the pilot script for the series and will also executive produce alongside Bernadette Caulfield, who previously served as an executive producer on “Game of Thrones” and is currently president of Benioff and Weiss’ production company.
Powers will serve as a co-executive producer on the series.
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