{"id":11925,"date":"2019-09-20T09:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-max-adapt-novel-unpregnant\/"},"modified":"2020-04-17T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T18:56:52","slug":"hbo-max-to-adapt-novel-unpregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-max-to-adapt-novel-unpregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max to Adapt Novel UNpregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"
HBO Max is working on UNpregnant<\/em>, adapted from the YA novel by Jenni Hendriks (How I Met Your Mother<\/em>) and Ted Caplan (music editor for The Hate U Give<\/em>, The Greatest Showman<\/em>).<\/p>\n UNpregnant<\/em> tells the story of 17-year-old Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson), who thinks her promising college-bound future is disappearing before her eyes when a pregnancy test comes back positive. A tough and never-taken-lightly decision leads her on a 900-plus mile road trip to New Mexico over three days with her ex-best friend Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), where they discover that one of the most important factors in your life is who your friends are.<\/p>\n Starting production in New Mexico this fall, Emmy winner Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis<\/em>, The Mindy Project<\/em>) has signed on to direct.<\/p>\n Berlanti Productions, led by Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon<\/em>;\u00a0Arrow<\/em>;\u00a0Riverdale<\/em>;\u00a0The Flash<\/em>), Sarah Schechter (Supergirl<\/em>, Riverdale<\/em>) and Michael McGrath will executive produce alongside PICTURESTART\u2019s Erik Feig (The Twilight Saga<\/em>, The Hunger Games<\/em> franchise, La La Land<\/em>), Lucy Kitada (The Babysitters Club<\/em>) and Jessica Switch (Nerve<\/em>).<\/p>\n UNpregnant<\/em> marks the first film within Berlanti\u2019s overall HBO Max film deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HBO Max is working on UNpregnant, adapted from the YA novel by Jenni Hendriks (How I Met Your Mother) and Ted Caplan (music editor for The Hate U Give, The Greatest Showman).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3213],"class_list":["post-11925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo-max","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n