EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Netflix has optioned the YA novel Happy Place by Emily Henry for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican.
Plans to adapt the novel as a series are underway and I understand producers and streaming executives are currently meeting with writers.
The news follows as Lopez’s Netflix movie Atlas clears 72.7M global views, another high for the actress and producer after her 2023 movie with the streamer, The Mother, which is the ninth most watched movie on Netflix with 136.4M.
The multihyphenate’s Nuyorican Productions inked a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix spanning feature films, TV series and unscripted content back in 2021, with an emphasis on projects that support diverse female actors, writers and filmmakers.
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