‘Saint X’ Adaptation From Leila Gerstein & Dee Rees Gets Series Order At Hulu

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Hulu is adapting Alexis Schaitkin’s novel Saint X, giving an eight-part series order to the project from writer Leila Gerstein and director Dee Rees.The psychological drama, which is told via multiple timelines and perspectives, explores and upends the girl-gone-missing genre.

It’s a show about how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.Produced by ABC Signature, Gerstein, the Hart of Dixie creator who was a consulting producer on The Handmaid’s Tale, will write and exec produce, while Mudbound director Rees, who has also written and directed on series such as Empire and Masters of the Air, will direct and exec produce.Watchmen exec producer Stephen Williams will also executive produce with Anonymous Content and DreamCrew Entertainment as well as Schaitkin.The book was published in 2020 and was called “hypnotic” by the New York Times Book Review.

It follows Claire, who is only 7 years old when her college-age sister disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X.

Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men — employees at the resort — are arrested.