Netflix Developing Limited Series Version Of Buzzy Edinburgh Fringe Play ‘Weather Girl’ As Streamer Seeks Next ‘Baby Reindeer’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: There was more buzz than usual around the Edinburgh Fringe this year as the Baby Reindeer effect took hold and Netflix may have just landed on the next play-to-TV hit.
In a competitive situation, Deadline is told that the streamer has secured the rights to Weather Girl, an apocalyptic one-woman play about a Californian weather girl in meltdown that staged sold out shows throughout August to rave reviews.
We understand there were several U.S. buyers interested in Weather Girl and Netflix has just won out. The play’s writer Brian Watkins (Outer Range) and star Julia McDermott (Women of the Movement) are both attached to the TV version, we are told.
The project is in early stage development and may not make it to greenlight. Intriguingly, Deadline understands A24 was also in town for Edinburgh and is interested in staging a U.S.
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