By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Actor Shailene Woodley is about to star within the new hour-long collection, titled “Three Women”.
The drama, arrange at Showtime Network, is an official adaptation of the non-fiction bestseller of the identical identify by writer Lisa Taddeo, reported Variety.
Showtime, which landed the guide’s rights in summer time 2019 in a significant bidding conflict, has given the undertaking a straight-to-series order.
The present will begin manufacturing later this 12 months.
Taddeo’s guide tells the true multi-generational story of three American ladies — of their 20s, 30 and 40s — who suffered backlash for his or her sexual needs in addition to their private and non-private pursuits of sexual independence and justice.
“Lina, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade right into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that shortly turns into all-consuming and transforms her life.
“Sloane, a glamorous entrepreneur within the Northeast, has a dedicated open marriage with Richard, till two attractive new strangers threaten their aspirational love story.
Maggie, a pupil in North Dakota, weathers an intense storm after accusing her married English instructor of an inappropriate relationship,” the official plotline learn.
Woodley will painting Gia, a author grieving the lack of her household who persuades every of the three spectacular “ordinary” ladies to inform her their tales, altering the course of her life endlessly within the course of.
Taddeo will function author and government producer on the collection, which shall be showrun by Laura Eason.
Woodley is finest recognized for that includes in critically-acclaimed reveals similar to “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Big Little Lies”.
The actor has additionally starred in hit films like “The Descendants”, “The Spectacular Now”, the “Divergent” franchise and “The Fault in Our Stars”.
Woodley will quickly be seen within the movie “The Last Letter From Your Lover” and indie thriller “Misanthrope”, each of which she additionally produced.