And sources tell us that it’s being approached as a limited series, with potential for further installments in success, in the vein of such runaway hit miniseries as The White Lotus and The Flight Attendant. While Boynton will play the role of Laurie, a male lead for the show has not yet been set.

Netflix is said to have bought the project off of a compelling presentation by Doremus. “What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack,” per Random House, “is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered.”ĭeadline understands that Fifth Season tapped Doremus to develop the One Day in December series alongside Contenta Superba’s Joel Stillerman ( Blow, Rounders) after optioning the book, with Doremus now set to write, direct and exec produce alongside Boynton and Stillerman. His name is Jack, she learns, when he’s finally introduced to her at a Christmas party - as the new boyfriend of her best friend, Sarah.

Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic…and then her bus drives away.” Laurie subsequently spends a year or so scouring London in search of the mystery man. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. The book tells the story of Laurie, who per the publisher, “is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. John Mulaney's Standup Special 'Baby J' Gets Netflix Premiere Dateīoston Marathon Bombing Docuseries Set At Netflix Simon Riske Spy Drama From Edward Berger & Rowan Joffe In Works At Netflix

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