Hulu has boarded ConversationsWithFriends, a 12-episode, straight-to-series half-hour drama adaptation of Sally Rooney's book that it will produce in partnership with youth channel BBC Three
the 12-episode, straight-to-series half-hour drama that it will produce in partnership with youth channel BBC Three.revolves around two Dublin college students who forge an unexpected, strange and sexually charged relationship with an older married couple that results in a complicated pair of love triangles that upends their lives.
"Sally Rooney perfectly and beautifully captures the complicated dynamics of relationships in her stories. After bringing that to life in Conversations With Friends ," said Hulu vp content Beatrice Springborn. "We are excited to continue our creative partnership with Sally, Element Pictures, Lenny [Abrahamson] and the BBC, which has been a dream collaboration."
Abrahamson will serve as the lead director alongside lead writer Alice Birch. The duo previously collaborated on Rooney'sfor Element Pictures and Hulu. Element's Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Emma Norton will exec produce alongside BBC Three's Rose Garnett and Tommy Bulfin. Rooney and Abrahamson will also be credited as exec producers, while Catherine Magee will produce. Endeavor Content handled the U.S. sale to Hulu and will also oversee international sales for the series.
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