Netflix Orders YA Drama ‘Prep’ Based on Curtis Sittenfeld Novel From Nicole Taylor

Netflix has actually offered a straight-to-series order to the drama “Prep,” based upon the book of the exact same name by Curtis Sittenfeld.

The program is formally referred to as a coming-of-age story about “scholarship lady Lee Fiora’s high school years at Ault, a distinguished New England boarding school, and her journey to browse relationship, crushes and class as a fish out of water amongst her fortunate, positive schoolmates.”

Nicole Taylor will adjust the book for the screen and will work as showrunner and executive manufacturer. Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Alix Taylor will executive produce for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Sittenfeld is likewise an executive manufacturer.

‘Prep’ is my perpetuity preferred unique and I have actually longed to adjust it for the whole twenty years given that I initially read it and discovered myself showed uncannily back,” Taylor stated. “There disappears intense representation of the reflective, bookish awkward teen lady and say goodbye to honest or excoriating handle the hazards of social movement than in Curtis Sittenfeld’s stunning very first book. I am satisfied to be adjusting for Netflix.”

Taylor most just recently produced the popular series “One Day” starring Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod, which aired on Netflix in 2024. Her other credits consist of the function “The Wild Rose” and reveals like “Three Girls,” “Dracula,” and “The White Queen.”

She is repped by Curtis Brown Group and UTA.

“I’m overjoyed that Netflix is making ‘Prep’ as a television program– the 22-year wait deserved it! Alix Taylor at Gloria Sanchez has actually directed the job forward with such intelligence and interest, and Nicole Taylor’s scripts are genuinely dazzling,” Sittenfeld included. “Nicole’s adjustment makes me comprehend my own book, and myself, much better. My 51-year-old self can’t wait to see what they make with this story of benefit, yearning, and teenager angst.”

Gloria Sanchez has a long history with Netflix, most just recently producing Ferrell’s golf funny series “The Hawk.” The business has actually likewise produced programs like “Dead to Me,” “No Good Deed,” and “The Woman in your house Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.”