EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s highly-anticipated adaptation of the acclaimed novel East Of Eden looks to be adding another big name as sources tell Deadline Christopher Abbott is in negotiations to join Florence Pugh in the limited series.
Zoe Kazan is writing and exec producing and Pugh is also on board to co-produce. Netflix had no comment on the Abbott casting.
Deadline was first to report the streamer landing the package in 2022 following a competitive bidding war. Anonymous Content and Fifth Season are co-producing the series.
The novel was previously adapted as a film in 1955 with Zoe’s grandfather, Elia Kazan, directing for Warner Bros. The film was also notable for being James Dean’s first major screen role.
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