Netflix Developing Limited Series Version of Buzzy Edinburgh Fringe Play WEATHER GIRL
Netflix is developing a new limited series based on the highly buzzed about Edinburgh Fringe play, Weather Girl. They are hoping to recreate the hype of their extremely popular and award-winning limited series, Baby Reindeer, which was also developed as a play-to-TV success.
In a competitive situation, Deadline reports that the streamer has secured the rights to Weather Girl, “an apocalyptic one-woman play about a Californian weather girl in meltdown that staged sold out shows throughout August to rave reviews. We understand there were several U.S. buyers interested in Weather Girl and Netflix has just won out.”
The play’s writer Brian Watkins (Outer Range) and star Julia McDermott (Women of the Movement) are both attached to the TV version. The project is in early stage development and may not make it to greenlight.
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli, “the darkly comic Weather Girl tells the story of Stacey, a Californian in meltdown regularly delivering bulletins about our dying planet while reckoning with her own mental health, before she discovers something that will save us all. The play touches on themes of environmentalism, the climate emergency and consumer capitalism.”
Notably, the play was staged by Francesca Moody Productions, which was also behind the theater versions of Baby Reindeer and Fleabag.
This sounds like an interesting premise. Stay tuned for updates as the project hopefully moves to series.