Jodie Comer To Star In Series Adaptation Of Jen Beagin’s Sex Therapy Novel ‘Big Swiss’ For HBO From A24 & Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Jodie Comer is to star in a series based on Jen Beagin’s upcoming book Big Swiss.HBO landed the project, which comes from A24 and Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, in a really competitive battle against 14 bidders, Deadline understands.
The project is in development at the premium cable network, which we hear is really keen on the limited series concept.It marks the first major series Comer as she comes off the fourth and final season of Killing Eve.Big Swiss follows a woman, who after starting a new life anonymously transcribing sex therapy sessions in Hudson, NY, becomes fixated with one of the patients, leading to an obsessive, explosive relationship between the two.
Comer stars as Flavia aka Big Swiss.Comer will exec produce with author Jen Beagin on the project.Beagin is the author of Pretend I’m Dead and Vacuum In The Dark.
She is a former housecleaner, whose work inspired the character of Mona, who is the protagonist of her first two books.A24 is teaming with Hyperobject Industries on the drama.
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