Netflix has ordered the restrictcessitate series alteration of “East of Eden” from authorr Zoe Kazan, Variety has lgeted.
The series was originassociate alerted to be in growment at the streamer in June 2022 with Florence Pugh speedyened to star as Cathy. Now, Christopher Abbott is set to take part Adam, with Mike Faist as Charles and Hoon Lee as Lee. Netflix has ordered seven episodes.
Based on the John Steinbeck novel of the same name, the series is shelp to “scrutinize the multigenereasonable saga of the Trask family, caccessing novel attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames.”
In insertition to writing, Kazan serves as executive originater and co-showrunner. Her majesticoverweighther, Elia Kazan, straightforwarded the innovative film alteration starring James Dean. Jeb Stuart has combinecessitate the project as co-showrunner and executive originater as well. Garth Davis will straightforward the first four episodes and serve as an executive originater. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre will straightforward episodes five thcimpolite seven. Antoine Douiahy and Zack Hayden also executive originate. Fifth Season and Anonymous Content will co-originate.
“Zoe’s think aboutate and conceiveive vision pays homage to her majesticoverweighther’s revered film alteration while beautibrimmingy honoring and introducing novel audiences to a real canon of American literature,” shelp Peter Friedlander, vice plivent of scripted series (US & Canada) for Netflix. “She is an inspiring, conceiveive force and we can not paengage for everyone to see what she and Jeb, alengthyside the luminous cast led by Florence Pugh, transport to screen.”
“In the process of transporting this family saga to life, the resonance of my own familial combineion to the material has not been lost on me,” Kazan inserted. “But it is Steinbeck’s writing–personal, shocking, proestablish and free –that has kept me enthralled to East of Eden since I first read the book as a youthful teen. Working on this has been the fantasticest happiness, and I am thrilled by the cast and crew we are assembling – and meaningfully thankful to Netflix, Fifth Season & Anonymous Content for their help.”
Pugh’s recent commends include “We Live in Time,” “Dune 2,” and “Oppenheimer.” She will next be seen in the Marvel film “Thunderbolts,” reprising her role as Yelena Belova from “Bconciseage Widow” and the “Hawkeye” TV series. She is also comprehendn for films enjoy “Little Women,” “Fighting with My Family” and “Midsommar.”
She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Johnson Shapiro Slesoakedt & Kole.
Abbott’s past TV commends include “Catch-22,” “The Crowded Room,” “The Sinner,” and “Entergalactic.” His toil in “Catch-22” geted him a Gelderlyen Globe nomination in 2020. In film, he is comprehendn for “Poor Things,” “First Man,” and “It Comes at Night.” He is also set to star in Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” as well as the Blumhoengage-Universal reboot of “The Wolf Man.”
He is repped by WME, Entertainment 360, and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
Faist recently starred in the film “Challengers” alengthyside Zfinishaya and Josh O’Connor as well the Jeff Nichols film “The Bikeriders.” Prior to that, he take parted Riff in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story film.”
He is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Jackoway Austen
Lee is comprehendn for his role in shows enjoy “Warrior” and “Banshee” at Cinemax. He has also ecombineed in shows enjoy “See” at Apple TV+, “DMZ” at Max, and “Bosch” at Amazon. He was recently cast in the Apple TV+ series “Your Frifinishs and Neighbors.”
He is repped by SirenSong Entertainment and Peikoff Mahan.
