Anna Kendrick to direct 'Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' film adaptation
BALI, Indonesia — Netflix is tapping actress-director Anna Kendrick to helm the streaming platform's upcoming movie adaptation of "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," the popular book by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The 2017 bestselling novel follows a young journalist's much-awaited interview with the titular aging Hollywood star about her seven marriages.
"As Hugo tells tales of Hollywood scandals, betrayals, and woe, she unveils shocking truths about her own life and the lives of everyone around her," a logline for the story goes.
Kendrick — who is marking her sophomore directorial outing after 2023's "Woman of the Hour" which she also starred in, again for Netflix — is directing on a script by television writer Liz Tigelaar, with revisions by "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-creator and "Atlanta" writer Francesca Sloane.
Jenkins Reid, whose other book "Daisy Jones & the Six" was adapted by Prime Video, is boarding the project as an executive producer.
No cast announcements have been made yet for Hugo, the journalist Monique Grant, or the seven husbands though Kendrick's participation now signals the start of production.
Kendrick is best known for starring in "Pitch Perfect," "Into the Woods," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," two "A Simple Favor" movies, the "Twilight" and "Trolls" franchises, and "Up in the Air," for which she received an Oscar nomination.
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