Well, well, Bridgerton Emmy nominee Leila Cohan has just closed a deal to showrun and co-write the adaptation of Happy Place by Emily Henry. The project is in development at Netflix, so it does make sense that Netflix was pulled from their family. And they pulled from the best of the best.
Leila Cohan, we’re excited for what you are going to do with this show.
Yes, we said show. The book had been optioned by Netflix for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican label for a show, and she will produce. She has a first look deal at the streamer.
Cohan had served as co-EP on forthcoming Netflix thriller The Perfect Couple and Hallmark+’s Chicken Sisters. She also wrote for the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet, ABC’s Telenovela and MTV’s Awkward. She was nominated for an Emmy for 2021 for Bridgerton in the Outstanding Drama Series.
It’s Cohan’s resume that gives us faith in her leading this series. We can’t wait to see how this all turns out.
Happy Place is about, “Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.”
The synopsis continues, “Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.
Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week… in front of those who know you best?”
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