Netflix Adapting Ali Hazelwood's Adult Romance Novel DEEP END With Shawn Levy & Alex Cooper Producing
After a pre-launch bidding war, Netflix has won the rights to launch development on a feature adaptation of Deep End, the instant #1 NYT bestselling New Adult romance from The Love Hypothesis author Ali Hazelwood. Published in 2025 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Deep End centers on the steamy college romance between a competitive diver and an ace swimmer jumping into forbidden waters.
Laura Kosann has been hired to write the script, with Shawn Levy and Dan Levine set to produce via 21 Laps, alongside Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan from Unwell Productions. Hazelwood will exec produce, alongside Matthew Janzen for Unwell Productions, with Emily Morris and Emily Feher overseeing for 21 Laps.
Netflix’s most recent project announced in the space, prior to Deep End, was Icebreaker, an adaptation of Hannah Grace’s bestselling contemporary sports romance, also to be produced by Unwell.
Deep End marks a second feature adaptation for Hazelwood, whose romantic comedy novel The Love Hypothesis, produced by Amazon MGM and MRC, is slated for release on Prime Video on September 23.
via: Deadline