Drake Doremus & Fifth Season Developing Romantic Drama Series ‘One Day In December’ For Netflix; Lucy Boynton To Star And EP
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Esteemed indie filmmaker Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) is making his first major move into television with the series One Day in December in development at Netflix, which has Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) attached to exec produce and star, according to multiple sources.
Netflix declined to comment, and the show’s studio Fifth Season could not be reached. But the romantic drama series is based on the Josie Silver novel of the same name, which was a hotly pursued property after coming in as both #1 New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, upon its 2018 publication by Random House.
The book tells the story of Laurie, who per the publisher, “is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies.
But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic…and then her bus drives away.” Laurie subsequently spends a year or so scouring London in search of the mystery man.
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