Netflix announced that they were investing in yet another major book-to-screen adaptation, this time making a home for Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. First published in 2017,

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s New York Times best-selling novel The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo has gained some momentum, as sources tell Deadline The Burial director Maggie Betts has come on to direct the film.

Filmmaker Maggie Betts has been tapped to direct “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ” for Netflix after Leslye Headland departed the project. Betts, whose credits include “The Burial” and “Novitiate,” will also co-write the screenplay with Liz Tigelaar (“Tiny Beautiful Things,” “Little Fires Everywhere”).