Can't decide what to read? Reese Witherspoon's book club, Hello Sunshine, might just have you covered. Witherspoon's list of selections includes everything from murder mysteries to heartbreaking memoirs and beautifully cheesy romance novels, so no matter your preferences, you're likely to find something to love among them.
Witherspoon launched her book club in June 2017, kicking things off with "Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman. Since then, she's used her production company - also named Hello Sunshine - to turn many of these books into onscreen sensations. From "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid to "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave, more than a few of Witherspoon's book-club picks have resulted in megahit movies and TV shows.
Of course, the books hold up on their own. Whenever you're just looking to shut off your screen and curl up with some tea and a good read,...
Witherspoon launched her book club in June 2017, kicking things off with "Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman. Since then, she's used her production company - also named Hello Sunshine - to turn many of these books into onscreen sensations. From "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid to "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave, more than a few of Witherspoon's book-club picks have resulted in megahit movies and TV shows.
Of course, the books hold up on their own. Whenever you're just looking to shut off your screen and curl up with some tea and a good read,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Harry Bradbeer is set to direct MGM and Hello Sunshine’s feature film adaptation Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, which is based on Gail Honeyman’s No. 1 bestselling novel of the same name. Georgia Pritchett will adapt, with Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter producing for Hello Sunshine. Emily Ferenbach will serve as an executive producer.
The novel tells the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine who goes from living a lonely life to realizing the only way to survive is to open your heart. The novel was published by the Penguin Random House imprint Pamela Dorman Books and was a Reese’s Book Club pick in June 2017. The book has since gone on to sell more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Bradbeer is a multi-award-winning British film and television director, best known for his work on Fleabag, for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series. He...
The novel tells the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine who goes from living a lonely life to realizing the only way to survive is to open your heart. The novel was published by the Penguin Random House imprint Pamela Dorman Books and was a Reese’s Book Club pick in June 2017. The book has since gone on to sell more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Bradbeer is a multi-award-winning British film and television director, best known for his work on Fleabag, for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series. He...
- 1/24/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Florence Pugh is producing and starring in the murder mystery “The Maid” for Universal Pictures, based on Nita Prose’s debut novel of the same name.
Universal announced Wednesday it had acquired the rights to the “The Maid,” set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the U.S. and Canada, and HarperFiction in the U.K.
The studio said the story contains elements of Gail Honeyman’s “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery. It centers on Molly the maid, who leaves every room perfect and pristine, while getting to know each guest’s dirty secrets, and explores Molly’s descent into the murderous underbelly of her gilded workplace.
Joining Pugh as producers are Josh McLaughlin and Chris Goldberg, producing through their companies Wink Pictures and Winterlight Pictures, respectively. Prose will also serve as executive producer. The deal was brokered by ICM Partners...
Universal announced Wednesday it had acquired the rights to the “The Maid,” set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the U.S. and Canada, and HarperFiction in the U.K.
The studio said the story contains elements of Gail Honeyman’s “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery. It centers on Molly the maid, who leaves every room perfect and pristine, while getting to know each guest’s dirty secrets, and explores Molly’s descent into the murderous underbelly of her gilded workplace.
Joining Pugh as producers are Josh McLaughlin and Chris Goldberg, producing through their companies Wink Pictures and Winterlight Pictures, respectively. Prose will also serve as executive producer. The deal was brokered by ICM Partners...
- 12/16/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Universal has acquired rights to Nita Prose’s not-yet-released debut novel The Maid. Oscar nominee Florence Pugh is set to play the title character in the film, which Josh McLaughlin and Chris Goldberg are producing through their companies Wink Pictures and Winterlight Pictures, respectively. Pugh will produce as well. Prose will also serve as executive producer.
The deal was brokered by ICM Partners on behalf of the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the U.S. and Canada and HarperFiction in the UK, the novel blends the charm of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery. It is set at the Regency Grand Hotel, where Molly the maid leaves every room perfect and pristine, while getting to know each guest’s dirty secrets. A Clue-like, locked-room whodunnit,...
The deal was brokered by ICM Partners on behalf of the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency.
Set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the U.S. and Canada and HarperFiction in the UK, the novel blends the charm of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery. It is set at the Regency Grand Hotel, where Molly the maid leaves every room perfect and pristine, while getting to know each guest’s dirty secrets. A Clue-like, locked-room whodunnit,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Ucp is developing Bad Girls, an anthology series based on Ann Shen’s book Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World, with writer Liz Hannah (The Post) and Echo Lake Entertainment. Ry Russo-Young (The Sun Is Also A Star) is set to direct the pilot and executive produce. Ucp is currently shopping the project to networks and streamers.
Written by Hannah, Bad Girls is eyed as an anthology series with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history. From Ada Lovelace to Rosa Parks; Mata Hari to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, each episode will be written, directed, and starring a different female team.
“Ann Shen’s book is all that needs to be said about the ambitions of this show,” said Hannah. “To depict women throughout history as they are: complex, funny, dark and everywhere in between. As a longtime admirer of Ry’s work, I’m...
Written by Hannah, Bad Girls is eyed as an anthology series with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history. From Ada Lovelace to Rosa Parks; Mata Hari to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, each episode will be written, directed, and starring a different female team.
“Ann Shen’s book is all that needs to be said about the ambitions of this show,” said Hannah. “To depict women throughout history as they are: complex, funny, dark and everywhere in between. As a longtime admirer of Ry’s work, I’m...
- 8/21/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Content Productions (Ucp) is developing an anthology series based on Ann Shen’s book “Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World.”
The project will be titled “Bad Girls,” with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history, including famous figures like Ada Lovelace, Rosa Parks, Mata Hari, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Each episode will feature a different female team onscreen as well as those writing and directing. Ucp is shopping the project to networks and streaming services.
Liz Hannah will write the pilot with Ry Russo-Young directing. Both will also executive produce the series along with Brittany Kahan Ward and Graciella Sanchez for Echo Lake.
Hannah previously co-wrote and co-produced the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film “The Post,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2018. She also recently worked as a writer and producer on the Netflix series “Mindhunter” and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film “Long Shot.
The project will be titled “Bad Girls,” with each episode featuring a different influential woman throughout history, including famous figures like Ada Lovelace, Rosa Parks, Mata Hari, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Each episode will feature a different female team onscreen as well as those writing and directing. Ucp is shopping the project to networks and streaming services.
Liz Hannah will write the pilot with Ry Russo-Young directing. Both will also executive produce the series along with Brittany Kahan Ward and Graciella Sanchez for Echo Lake.
Hannah previously co-wrote and co-produced the critically-acclaimed Steven Spielberg film “The Post,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2018. She also recently worked as a writer and producer on the Netflix series “Mindhunter” and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film “Long Shot.
- 8/21/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Reese Witherspoon is collaborating with MGM, Jonathan Nolan gets an honor for visual effects, canine comedy “Patrick” finds a home and Forrest Films launches as a distributor.
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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with MGM to produce a movie version of Gail Honeyman’s bestselling novel “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.”
Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for their Hello Sunshine production company, which picked up the rights last year. The book is the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award and is told from the point of the protagonist, a socially awkward 29-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, with suppressed memories of a brutal childhood. The adaptation is being written by Liz Hannah, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.”
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon but no deal has been signed and no director is attached. Witherspoon...
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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with MGM to produce a movie version of Gail Honeyman’s bestselling novel “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.”
Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for their Hello Sunshine production company, which picked up the rights last year. The book is the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award and is told from the point of the protagonist, a socially awkward 29-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, with suppressed memories of a brutal childhood. The adaptation is being written by Liz Hannah, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.”
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon but no deal has been signed and no director is attached. Witherspoon...
- 12/20/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: MGM has teamed with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine on the film adaptation of the Gail Honeyman bestselling novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Set to write the script is Liz Hannah, who wrote the Steven Spielberg-directed The Post. It is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon. She is starring for MGM in Legally Blonde 3 and the studio has made it a priority to find more film vehicles for her to star in and produce.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for Hello Sunshine.
Hello Sunshine optioned the book May, 2017. Eleanor Oliphant is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine who goes from living a lonely life to realizing the only way to survive is to open your heart. The novel was published by the Penguin Random House imprint Pamela Dorman Books. Witherspoon optioned the Glasgow-based novelist’s book very early and it went on the...
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for Hello Sunshine.
Hello Sunshine optioned the book May, 2017. Eleanor Oliphant is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine who goes from living a lonely life to realizing the only way to survive is to open your heart. The novel was published by the Penguin Random House imprint Pamela Dorman Books. Witherspoon optioned the Glasgow-based novelist’s book very early and it went on the...
- 12/19/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Reese Witherspoon’s office is all about girl power.
The Big Little Lies star, 41, announced plans to launch her female-driven media company, HelloSunshine last November. She’s since been busy putting her dream in motion, most recently completing a very important to-do: designing the business’s home base in Santa Monica, California.
The goal of the brightly colored space was to encourage empowerment and creativity, according to a post on Crate and Barrel’s blog. With some help from the home decor brand, the actress was able to achieve her vision of whimsical details, inspirational messaging and open rooms ripe...
The Big Little Lies star, 41, announced plans to launch her female-driven media company, HelloSunshine last November. She’s since been busy putting her dream in motion, most recently completing a very important to-do: designing the business’s home base in Santa Monica, California.
The goal of the brightly colored space was to encourage empowerment and creativity, according to a post on Crate and Barrel’s blog. With some help from the home decor brand, the actress was able to achieve her vision of whimsical details, inspirational messaging and open rooms ripe...
- 12/15/2017
- by Megan Stein
- PEOPLE.com
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