Regina King, David E. Kelley To Adapt Tom Wolfe’s ‘A Man In Full’ For Netflix Series
Deadline is reporting that Regina King and David E. Kelley are adapting Tom Wolfe’s novel A Man in Full into a limited series for Netflix.
The streamer has handed the limited project a straight-to-series order of six episodes.
The book, published in 1998, follows Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker. When he faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as he defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.
Kelley will serve as showrunner, writer and exec producer with King directing and exec producing as part of her first-look deal with Netflix via her Royal Ties production company. Matthew Tinker also exec produces.