Netflix Orders ‘Prep’ Series From Sittenfeld Novel — SkimNews
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- Netflix gave “Prep” a straight-to-series order, securing a television adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel of the same name.
- Prep follows scholarship girl Lee Fiora’s high-school years at Ault, a prestigious New England boarding school, as she navigates friendship, crushes and class among privileged classmates.
- Nicole Taylor will adapt the book for the screen and serve as showrunner and executive producer; she said she had longed to adapt it for 20 years and praised its “truthful” and “excoriating” treatment of social mobility.
- Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor will executive produce “Prep” for Gloria Sanchez Productions, while Curtis Sittenfeld will also serve as an executive producer.
- Curtis Sittenfeld called the 22-year wait for an adaptation worthwhile and praised Nicole Taylor’s scripts as “truly brilliant,” describing the story as one of privilege, longing and teen angst.
Why it matters: For Netflix, the order adds a class-centered boarding-school drama to its pipeline, with Nicole Taylor handling the adaptation and Curtis Sittenfeld attached as an executive producer. The novelist’s 22-year wait—and Taylor’s 20 years of wanting to adapt the book—underline that the project has been unusually long in development.
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