Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max is developing a series adaptation of the novel “Dava Shastri’s Last Day” by Kirthana Ramisetti, Variety has learned exclusively.In the novel, Dava Shastri is one of the world’s wealthiest women.
But when she learns she is dying of brain cancer, she decides to leak news of her death early so that she can read the obituaries from around the world.
But once the news is out, secrets from her past are exposed that shake her and her children to their core.The project was sold to HBO Max in what sources describe as a competitive situation.
The search is currently on for a writer to adapt the book for the screen. Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, and Bob Bookman of Veritas Entertainment Group will executive produce.
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