Overview
- Deadline reports that Danya Taymor, who directed the Broadway production and earned a Tony nomination, is set to helm the feature, a move echoed by Playbill and BroadwayWorld.
- Kimberly Belflower, the play’s author, will adapt her script for the screen.
- Tina Fey and Eric Gurian will produce through Little Stranger, with Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, and Jared LeBoff producing via Marc Platt Productions, and original star Sadie Sink serving as an executive producer.
- Universal senior production executive Britt Hennemuth is overseeing the project, which remains in development without announced casting, start date, or release timing.
- The drama, set in a Georgia high school as students study The Crucible amid #MeToo revelations, earned seven 2025 Tony nominations after a thrice-extended Broadway run and is slated for a Royal Court Theatre engagement in London from March 20 to April 25, 2026.