Overview
- Netflix issued a straight-to-series order for Prep, the 2005 Curtis Sittenfeld novel, in an announcement published Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
- Nicole Taylor will adapt the book, serve as writer and showrunner, and executive produce the half-hour drama.
- Curtis Sittenfeld and Gloria Sanchez Productions executives Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Alix Taylor are attached as executive producers.
- Netflix described the show as a coming-of-age story about scholarship student Lee Fiora at a New England boarding school, and the streamer confirmed the project will not be a comedy.
- The series is in early pre-production with a writers’ room slated to open in January and no casting, production start date, or release window announced yet.