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Hulu Orders Pilot for Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran’s ‘Foster Dade’ Adaptation

The streamer fast-tracked the project after buying a spec script in April.

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Overview

  • Berlanti and Doran will write and executive produce the YA mystery set at an East Coast boarding school.
  • The pilot adapts Nash Jenkins’ 2023 debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos.
  • The narrative spans 2008 and the present, exploring privilege, scandal, sexuality and masculinity during the rise of social media, millennial anxiety and pharmaceuticals.
  • Warner Bros. Television serves as the studio, with Berlanti Productions under its overall deal, and executive producers include Jenkins, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Donald De Line and Robbie Rogers.
  • The order reflects Hulu’s growing use of the pilot model after it acquired the adaptation script in April.