By Peter White Television Editor EXCLUSIVE: Alena Dillon’s novel Mercy House, the story of a group of renegade nuns, is set to be adapted by CBS All Access after the streamer acquired the book rights.
Deadline understands that The Good Wife writer and producer Corinne Brinkerhoff will write and exec produce the project, which is in the very early stages of development, through her Green Ribbon banner, which is set up at CBS Television Studios, with Amy Schumer on board to exec produce.
Brinkerhoff’s other credits include creator of CBS’ American Gothic and The CW’s No Tomorrow. The book, which was published in February 2020 by William Morrow, follows renegade protagonist Sister Evelyn and her fellow nuns as they preside over a safe haven
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