Ryan O'Connell Confirms Anon Pls HBO Series Dead
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- Ryan O'Connell confirmed on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live that the HBO Max adaptation of DeuxMoi's novel Anon Pls is dead, telling host Andy Cohen, 'Oh, yes, but that's over. It didn't move forward.'
- HBO Max gave the project a script-to-series order in 2022, with O'Connell and Diablo Cody attached to write the one-hour drama.
- Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television were attached as producers on the adaptation when it was ordered.
- DeuxMoi's Anon Pls debut novel was co-written with New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman and centers on Cricket Lopez, an assistant to a celebrity stylist whose drunken Instagram revival becomes a famous gossip blog.
- DeuxMoi operates a pseudonymous celebrity gossip Instagram account with over 2 million followers, mostly posting unverified celebrity gossip.
- O'Connell said he still had 'a few sessions with DeuxMoi herself' during development before the project stalled.
Why it matters: The 2022 script-to-series order from HBO Max — a meaningful commitment to a one-hour drama with two A-list screenwriters and a major producing partner — has now quietly lapsed with no replacement announced, leaving Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and the attached writers without a confirmed next step on the DeuxMoi IP.
