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Netflix Developing Limited Series Version Of Buzzy Edinburgh Fringe Play ‘Weather Girl’ As Streamer Seeks Next ‘Baby Reindeer’
Netflix may have found the next 'Baby Reindeer' with 'Weather Girl', a TV series version of Brian Watkins and Julia McDermott's Edinburgh play.
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli, the darkly comic Weather Girl tells the story of Stacey, a Californian in meltdown regularly delivering bulletins about our dying planet while reckoning with her own mental health, before she discovers something that will save us all. Baby Reindeer has arguably been Netflix’s biggest breakout of the year, coming third in the streamer’s most-watched for the first half of 2024 and representing fantastic ROI given its lack of big stars and splashy locations, although it has of course attracted plenty controversy and legal mire. The success of what started life as Richard Gadd’s one-man Edinburgh play about his experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted has re-alerted buyers to the potential of theater-to-screen hits.
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