Julianna’s debut short story collection. I’D REALLY PREFER NOT TO BE HERE WITH YOU, now has a cover! The stories in this collection have sold to Netflix, Paramount, Lionsgate, Amblin, and others. Here is a brilliant blurb from international bestselling novelist, author of THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU and incredible screenwriter Jonathan Tropper, “Casually
Nat Wolff is set to star opposite Lucy Hale in upcoming romantic comedy Which Brings Me to You, co-authored by Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond. Click here to read more. The feature will reunite Hale with filmmaker Peter Hutchings (Then Came You), who directed their recent hit The Hating Game. Production is due to start in New York City and New
Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond’s novel, Which Brings Me To You, is set to be filmed. The romantic comedy will reunite The Hating Game star Lucy Hale with director Peter Hutchings.
Paramount Pictures has purchased the option on Julianna Baggott’s horror story, Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit. Pitched by rising star, Melanie Toast, who is also penning the script and will produce alongside producers James Wan for Atomic Monster and Will Rowbotham and Luke Maxwell for 3Arts.
Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple’s company Iron Ocean with Paramount TV optioned Baggott’s story, “Welcome to Oxhead.” Brendan Deneen and Baggott will be co executive producers. Read more here! https://deadline.com/2022/02/jessica-biel-michelle-purple-iron-ocean-reups-first-look-deal-paramount-television-studios-developing-welcome-to-oxhead-drama-1234933331/amp/
Julianna Baggott and her son Finneas Scott, a Brooklyn-based writer, have sold a story to Netflix with director Shawn Levy attached, in a six-way bidding war. Here’s more about the deal.
Julianna Baggott’s I’d Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You has been purchased by Blackstone Publishing. Publishers Weekly announced the deal, “…a debut high-concept short story collection… already sold for TV in a six-way bidding war, to Brendan Deneen, for publication in 2023.” More updates to come!
Julianna has signed a contract with Warner Brothers for an upcoming project that’s been in the works for some time. More details to come!
Last spring, Julianna had the flu. In her fevered state, she was reading & watching documentaries about both Hillary Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. They burrowed in, and she wrote a few pieces. Here’s “Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Fairytale with Coyotes,” now available at Quarterly West.
Julianna’s piece, “Living in a Bubble,” was included in The New York Times Style section as a Tiny Love Story. Scroll down four stories and you’ll find a great photo of Julianna, her youngest daughter and her mom. You can read it here online, but it also appeared in the print edition on Sunday, June