20th Television Developing “A Sociopath’s Guide To A Successful Marriage” Adaptation
Disney’s 20th Television is developing a brand new series based on M.K. Oliver’s debut novel, “A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage”, which is going to be published in 2026.
The book and series follow Lalla Rook — a reformed sociopath trying to make it as a regular mom. There’s just the small problem of a dead body — which she may have stabbed repeatedly — in her living room. As Lalla navigates getting what she wants despite useless husbands, needy children, private school admissions and the trappings of suburban life, she’s unencumbered by pesky things like shame, guilt and morals. But as mysteries unfurl and bodies pile up, Lalla’s dark past threatens to rear its ugly head…
The new project is going to be written by Liz Tigelaar, who has preivously worked on the Hulu Original, “Little Fires Everywhere”. She will also be the showrunner and executive producer on the series. Her Best Day Ever partner, Stacey Silverman will also be an executive producer, along with M.K Oliver.
Her Best Day Ever has previously created “Tiny Beautiful Things” and “Little Fires Everywhere” for Hulu.
Stacey and Liz released a joint statement to Deadline regarding the new series:
“A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage is a singular and remarkable book that Best Day Ever feels truly honored and beyond thrilled to adapt as a series. Told with M.K. Oliver’s razor sharp and delightfully incisive voice, it brilliantly presents a radical, subversive female character who is blissfully free of the guilt and shame that weighs so heavily on the modern woman — both on-screen and off. This dark and hilarious examination of middle-class striving is as deliciously off-kilter as its complicated protagonist — part mad-cap detective story, part whirling soap, part demented superhero tale, and shimmering beneath all of it, a wholly original story about the struggle to love and be loved.”
No release details have been revealed about when “A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage” will be released on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States, or on Disney+ internationally.
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