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Following a heated bidding warfare that saw a half twelve offers, Netflix has emerged victorious acquiring nan authorities to #1 NYT Bestseller Strangers by Belle Burden pinch Gwyneth Paltrow attached to prima successful a characteristic adaptation. Stacey Sher is attached to nutrient pinch Heidi Schreck attached to accommodate nan script. Paltrow is besides attached to exec produce.
Published this past January by Dial Press and instantly skyrocketing to #1 connected nan New York Times best-seller list, nan book is group successful March 2020, and revolves astir Belle Burden. Safe and unafraid pinch her family astatine their location connected Martha’s Vineyard, navigating nan early days of nan pandemic together—building fires successful nan precocious afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, pinch nary informing aliases explanation, her hubby of 20 years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, dependable partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life pinch her for illustration an character shrugging disconnected a costume. In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her hubby was not who she ever thought he was
As she examines her narration done a caller lens, she reckons pinch her ain family history and nan lessons she intuited astir really a female is expected to behave successful nan look of betrayal. Through each of it, she is transformed.
Paltrow tin presently beryllium seen starring successful Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, which received 9 Academy Award nominations connected its measurement to becoming A24’s highest grossing movie to date.
Schreck’s critically acclaimed play What nan Constitution Means to Me played an extended, sold-out tally connected Broadway, was a finalist for nan Pulitzer Prize, nominated for 2 Tony Awards, and won nan OBIE and New York Drama Critics’ Circle awards for Best New American Play. It besides toured nationally and was nan astir performed play successful America for successful 2023 and 2024. A filmed type premiered connected Amazon Prime Video, which Marielle Heller directed.
Belle Burden is an lawyer specializing successful juvenile migration cases. Her activity has appeared successful nan New York Times. She lives successful New York City pinch her 3 children.
Sher astir precocious produced nan A24 thriller, Heretic, starring Hugh Grant, which earned Grant BAFTA, Critics Choice, and Golden Globe nominations. Currently, Sher is producing nan Amazon/MGM seductive thriller, Verity, directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett.
Burden is represented by Brettne Bloom astatine The Book Group and UTA. Schreck is represented by Curate Management and UTA.
