‘This Bird Has Flown’ Film Based On Music Biz Novel By The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs In Works At Universal

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Universal Pictures has snapped up rights to This Bird Has Flown, the upcoming debut novel from The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, who will adapt her own work for the screen.

Liza Chasin and Bruna Papandrea — who recently partnered for the first time on the Netflix limited series Anatomy of a Scandal, based on Sarah Vaughan’s same-name novel — will reteam to produce the film adaptation for 3Dot Productions and Made Up Stories, respectively. (The pair are also currently developing a series based on Vaughan’s novel Reputation, as we told you first in February.) Set for publication via Little, Brown and Company on April 4, 2023, This Bird Has Flown is billed as a romantic comedy pulling back the curtain on the music business via the introduction of a very endearing character and her equally charming cohort.

Steve Hutensky and Sarah Harvey on behalf of Made Up Stories and Margaret Chernin on behalf of 3Dot Productions will also produce, with Senior Executive Vice President of Production Erik Baiers overseeing the project for Universal.  “As a lifelong fiction, film, and music junkie, writing the novel was the realization of a dream,” said Hoffs. “As I was writing This Bird Has Flown, songs provided the score; I visualized the action and unfolding dialogue as if I were watching a movie spring to life in my head.

Getting to adapt the book for the screen is the cherry on top of this joyous experience.  “I’m also a long-time fan of Liza’s and Bruna’s work,” added the This Bird Has Flown author. “When my book-to-film agent, Sylvie Rabineau, shared a list of potential producers, I zeroed in on them, but they were listed separately.