'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' moves toward the big screen
A behind-the-scenes team is being assembled for the film adaptation of Maria Semple鈥檚 bestselling Seattle-based satire 鈥淲here鈥檇 You Go, Bernadette.鈥�
Producers Nina Jacobson, who is currently one of the producers behind 鈥�The Hunger Games,鈥� and Megan Ellison, who served as one of the producers on current Oscar contenders 鈥�Zero Dark Thirty鈥� and 鈥淭he Master,鈥� will be working together on the film. Jacobson鈥檚 company is Color Force, while Ellison鈥檚 is Annapurna Pictures.
It had earlier been announced that the script will be written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, who worked together previously co-writing the film 鈥�(500) Days of Summer,鈥� starring Zooey Deschanel, as well as co-writing 鈥�The Pink Panther 2鈥� with other writers and co-creating the 2011 TV series 鈥淔riends with Benefits,鈥� which aired 12 episodes.
There鈥檚 no word yet on who will play mercurial mother Bernadette or her whip-smart daughter, Bee. 聽
鈥淚鈥檓 very grateful to be collaborating with Megan Ellison to bring Maria鈥檚 extraordinary book to the screen,鈥� Jacobson said in a . 鈥淲e are off to a great start with Neustadter and Weber, whose voices and creative agility make them a perfect match for 'Bernadette.' 鈥�
Semple said she was extremely pleased with the choice to bring Jacobson and Ellison on board.
鈥淚'm bouncy with excitement that they and the whole Color Force and Annapurna teams will be ushering Bernadette onto the big screen,鈥� the writer said of the two in a .
Semple will also serve as an executive producer. A release date for the film has not yet been set.
