EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation involving 11 bidders, Netflix has landed The Decorator, a drama series based on a short story by Cody Behan (Tyrant). Behan is writing the adaptation, now in development, which he executive produces with Stacey Sher (Django Unchained).
The plot details are being kept under wraps but the series is a psychosexual drama set in the cutthroat world of luxury interior design in Los Angeles.
Behan’s short story was among a couple of buzzy packages/specs to hit the TV marketplace in January. It received a lot of interest and, after a lengthy process, closed a deal at Netflix which has committed to a 20-week writers room, sources said.
It is the latest competitive TV project to go to Netflix over the past several months, following Next Door, starring Tessa Thompson, as well as a few that received straight-to-series orders: So Far Gone, from
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