Apple Nabs Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s ‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’ Followup ‘Long Island Compromise’ For Series Development
deadline.comIn a competitive situation, Apple has acquired the rights to Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s upcoming novel Long Island Compromise to develop as a series.
Just like she did with the FX adaptation of her debut novel, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Brodesser-Akner will write Long Island Compromise, which she will executive produce with Richard Plepler through his Apple-based Eden Productions as well Fleishman Is In Trouble executive producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly of Timberman/Beverly Productions and Susannah Grant.
Ahead of its July 9, 2024 publication by Random House, Long Island Compromise created a stir when it hit the TV marketplace earlier this year.
Multiple studios pursued the book, with bids involving as much as $1M upfront, before the actual deal is negotiated. In the end, the property, with Brodesser-Akner and her Fleishman Is In Trouble collaborators Timberman, Beverly and Grant, landed at Apple.
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