After two years in development at streaming giant Hulu, Hillary Clinton’s project “Rodham” has been given the no-go by the platform execs. The news comes as the television industry gathers for theĀ upfront presentations from some of media’s major content players.
From Variety…
Hulu has passed on āRodham,ā writer-producer Sarah Treemās adaptation of the 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld novel thatās been in development at the streamer since summer 2020. But 20th Television is still is shopping the project to other streamers, now that Claire DanesĀ andĀ Dakota Fanning are attached to play Clinton at different stages of her life. In the package, Treem will write and executive produce, and James Ponsoldt will direct, with āHandmaidās Taleā producer Warren Littlefieldās Littlefield Co. behind it.
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āRodhamā ā published in May 2020, and a New York Times bestseller ā imagined an alternative universe in which Hillary Rodham Clinton met and dated Bill Clinton at Yale Law School, but never married him. Instead of the life Clinton has actually led, in āRodham,ā she goes on to thrive as a Northwestern University professor, and launches an eventual presidential run in 2016. Real-world events ā such as rape accusations against Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump as a significant figure in politics ā also play out in Sittenfeldās novel, but in vastly altered ways.
Hulu has officially passed on 'Rodham,' a project that envisioned an alternate universe in which failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton never married prolific philanderer Bill Clinton.
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