EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Penner’s novel The Lost Apothecary, which takes place in the hidden depths of eighteenth-century London, is set to be turned into a drama series by Fox.Deadline understands that the network has just closed a deal to develop the series with an open writing assignment and is now looking to bring in a writer/exec producer.Fox Entertainment is the studio on the one-hour drama project.The book, which was published in March by Park Row Books, is centered around a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele.
Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives.
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