Doris Kearns Goodwin's 'No Ordinary Time' will be adapted as a limited series
Another of Doris Kearns Goodwin鈥檚 works is being adapted, but this one is for the small screen.
According to , Fox is developing a 10-hour limited series based on Goodwin鈥檚 work 鈥淣o Ordinary Time,鈥� which follows the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.聽
One of the executive producers on the project is Hannah Pakula, whose husband, Alan Pakula, was slated to do a feature movie of the book before he died in 1998.
鈥淚t was nearly two decades ago that Alan Pakula acquired the rights to聽No Ordinary Time,聽shortly after the book was published, and it was the last project he was working on before his untimely death,鈥� Goodwin said in a statement. 鈥淗e loved this project 鈥� this era, the people, the drama 鈥� as do I, and I am so glad that it will now be brought to life through his wife Hannah Pakula and this remarkable circle of talented people.鈥�
According to Deadline, Stephen Frears is set to direct the series. Frears was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for his work on the 2006 movie 鈥淭he Queen鈥� as well as for his 1990 movie 鈥淭he Grifters.鈥� He is also behind the 2013 movie 鈥淧hilomena,鈥� which was nominated for Best Picture.聽
鈥淣o Ordinary Time鈥� was first published in 1995 and won the Pulitzer Prize in the History category. Goodwin鈥檚 book 鈥淭eam of Rivals鈥� was adapted into the 2012 Oscar-nominated movie 鈥淟incoln.鈥澛�
