‘Bridgerton’ Creator Chris Van Dusen Developing Series Adaptation Of ‘Girl Abroad’ With A24 & Pacesetter
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Chris Van Dusen, creator of Netflix’s Bridgerton, has found his next project. Van Dusen is developing a TV adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s book Girl Abroad with A24 and Pacesetter Productions.
It comes after the team landed the rights after a four-way bidding war. The book, which was published by Little Brown in February, follows the daughter of a retired rock star who finds herself entangled in scandal and romance after she starts studying abroad in London.
When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it’s the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father.
She’s ready to be free, to discover herself―but first off, to meet the girls she’s rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys.
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