News > Fox Designing Prada for the Tube
October 17, 2006
Content taken from Coming Soon:
Fox TV Studios has acquired the TV rights to The Devil Wears Prada and is developing it as a series project for sister net Fox, reports Variety.
Robin Schiff (Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion) will write and executive produce the half-hour single-camera comedy, which has been a passion project for FTVS president Angela Shapiro-Mathes.
While the TV take on "Prada" will incorporate elements of the film, "I'm not looking to directly translate the movie into a TV show," Shapiro-Mathes said.
"That becomes a mistake," she explained. "The TV series will not be exactly like (the movie or the book). The reason you loved the book and the reason you loved the movie was these were characters you really cared about in a world you wanted to learn more about."
The possibility of a "Devil Wears Prada" series comes just as ABC finds success with its new hourlong "Ugly Betty," which also takes place in the world of fashion magazines.
Shapiro-Mathes said she's not concerned about "Betty's" "Prada"-like plot. If anything, the success of "Betty" could help get the TV version of "Prada" on the air.
