“Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast” co-host Brooke Averick‘s debut novel, “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It,” is being tailored right into a film at Netflix.
Following a extremely aggressive bidding warfare, the streamer landed the movie rights to Averick’s “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It,” which has spent two weeks on the New York Occasions’ bestseller listing since its Might 26 launch.
Per the official description for Averick’s ebook, “Phoebe Berman fears the one thing she wants the most: love. Thanks to an extremely unfortunate first kiss attempt, crippling intimacy anxiety has plagued her since she was a teen. Phoebe has so much going for her: a dream teaching job, a supportive and hilarious group of best friends, and all the romance novels a girl could want at her fingertips—but she can’t help but beat herself up over the one thing she can’t quite seem to figure out. Determined to change this, she drafts up the ultimate ‘Guide to Losing My Virginity’ checklist with the hope of finally getting laid. Suddenly, she goes from a relatively boring (basically non-existent) dating life to juggling three romantic prospects at once.”
“The Nightingale” producer Elizabeth Cantillon is hooked up to supply from a script written by “Book Lovers” screenwriter Sarah Heyward. Podcaster and comic Averick will govt produce.
Averick, who boasts greater than 1.5 million followers throughout social media platforms, is co-host of TMG Studios’ talk-show “Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast” alongside Connor Wooden, and previously hosted the solo podcast “Obsessed with Brooke Averick.”
Cantillon is producer on the 2 upcoming buzzy ebook variations: Kristin Hannah’s bestseller “The Nightingale,” starring Elle and Dakota Fanning for TriStar Photos, and “The Love Hypothesis,” based mostly on Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel for Amazon. Beforehand, Cantillon was an govt vp at Sony overseeing movies together with the James Bond franchise, “The Social Network,” “Captain Phillips” and “Eat Pray Love.”
Heyward is at present writing an unique function for “Chicken Shop Date” star Amelia Dimoldenberg, Gloria Sanchez and Orion. She not too long ago accomplished the script for the movie adaptation of Emily Henry’s “Book Lovers” for Tango Leisure. On the TV facet, Heyward is writing “Sweet Valley High” for Paramount+ and serves as a co-executive producer on “Nobody Wants This” Season 3 at Netflix.
Averick, Cantillon and Heyward are represented by UTA.
The deal for the movie rights to “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It,” which closed forward of the novel’s publication, was brokered by UTA on behalf of the writer.
