{"id":112806,"date":"2020-05-12T21:56:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T21:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/05\/12\/sofia-coppola-to-adapt-novel-the-custom-of-the-country-for-apple-tv"},"modified":"2020-05-12T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T21:56:04","slug":"sofia-coppola-to-adapt-novel-the-custom-of-the-country-for-apple-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/12\/sofia-coppola-to-adapt-novel-the-custom-of-the-country-for-apple-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Coppola to adapt novel ‘The Custom of the Country’ for Apple TV+"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Screenwriter, director and producer Sofia Coppola is reportedly developing an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel “The Custom of the Country” for Apple TV+.\n<\/p>\n

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According to Variety<\/em>, Coppola will write and direct the Apple TV+<\/a> limited series, based on the 1913 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a Midwestern girl named Undine Spragg who tries to integrate with New York City society.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coppola said<\/a> that Undine Spragg is her favorite “literary anti-heroine” and that she is excited to bring the character to the screen for the first time.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The potential limited series would be Coppola’s second project for Apple TV+, which is gearing up to release feature film “On the Rocks.” Coppola wrote the script for and directed<\/a> “On the Rocks,” which will star Bill Murray and Rashida Jones. The film emerged from a partnership between Apple and film studio A24<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coppola is known for her film work, including the Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning screenplay for “Lost in Translation,” which stars frequent collaborator Bill Murray. Other films include “Marie Antoinette,” “The Virgin Suicides” and “The Beguiled.”\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Edith Wharton adaptation will be Coppola’s first entr&eacutee into episodic television, though she isn’t entirely new to the TV world. Previously, she co-wrote and directed “A Very Murray Christmas” and has also worked on TV commercials.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Screenwriter, director and producer Sofia Coppola is reportedly developing an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel “The Custom of the Country” for Apple TV+. According to Variety, Coppola will write and direct the Apple TV+ limited series, based on the 1913 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a Midwestern girl named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}