David E. Kelley’s next project for Apple TV will take on one of the quintessential novels of the 1980s.
The prolific showrunner is teaming with director Matt Reeves for a series based on Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities. The project is in development at Apple TV, with Warner Bros. TV as the studio.
Kelley (Big Little Lies, Apple’s Presumed Innocent) is adapting the novel, and Reeves (The Batman, War for the Planet of the Apes) is on board to direct. They’ll executive produce along with Sarah Geismer of Reeves’ 6th and Idaho Productions and Matthew Tinker of Kelley’s eponymous company.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities is Kelley’s second show based on one of Wolfe’s novels. He previously adapted A Man in Full for a 2024 Netflix limited series, which starred Jeff Daniels.
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