Julia Hart On Board To Direct Adaptation Of ‘My Lovely Wife’ At Netflix With Jordan Horowitz Producing

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EXCLUSIVE: Julia Hart is set to direct an adaptation of the 2019 Samantha Downing novel My Lovely Wife at Netflix. Hart will also co-write the script with Jordan Horowitz, who is producing through his Original Headquarters banner along with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger for Automatic and Roy Lee and Miri Yoon for Vertigo. Downing, Sean Berard and Barbara Poelle are exec producing.

Netflix had no comment.

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Described as Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets Dexter, the story follows ordinary suburban spouses who keep their relationship alive by committing serial murders and getting away with it.

Hart beat out a number of directors for the coveted job. She got her first big break after directing Miss Stevens starring Lily Rabe. Other recent credits include Stargirl and Fast Color.

Hart and Horowitz are repped by CAA and Lichter Grossman Nicholas Adler Feldman & Clark. Downing is repped by Grandview. The novel is repped by Poelle at Irene Goodman Literary Agency.

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