Coming off six seasons as the lead of Supergirl, Melissa Benoist is poised to reunite with Berlanti Productions on another series.
Benoist is in negotiations to headline The Girls on the Bus, which just received a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, I have learned.
Benoist also is expected to serve as a producer on the drama series, an adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros.
TV. Reps for HBO Max and WBTV declined comment.Talks with Benoist for The Girls on the Bus have been going on a parallel track with the negotiations for the project’s move from the CW, where it had been in development this season, to HBO Max with a series order.
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