{"id":22995,"date":"2025-07-16T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:00:43","slug":"made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/","title":{"rendered":"Made Up Stories Adapting The Soulmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Made Up Stories (<em>Nine Perfect Strangers<\/em>) has teamed up with Imogen Banks (<em>Offspring<\/em>, <em>Fake<\/em>), Asher Keddie (<em>Strife<\/em>, <em>Offspring<\/em>) and Fiona Seres (<em>Tangle<\/em>, <em>The Great<\/em>) for an adaptation of Sally Hepworth\u2019s <em>The Soulmate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The best-selling novel centers on couple Pippa and Gabe, who live on what would be a picturesque cliffside home if the cliffs weren\u2019t a popular destination for those wishing to end their lives. Gabe talks seven people down from stepping off the edge, but when he fails to save the eighth, a web of secrets begins to unravel.<\/p>\n<p>Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Katie Amos will executive produce for Made Up Stories, alongside Banks for Kindling Pictures and Keddie, Hepworth, Rob Weisbach and Seres. Seres will also serve as writer and showrunner.<\/p>\n<p>Made Up Stories said, \u201cWhat a privilege to partner again with the incomparable Sally Hepworth for <em>The Soulmate<\/em>, which for us combines an intoxicating conceit with undeniable characters in Pippa, Gabe and Amanda,\u201d Made Up Stories said. \u201cAlongside friends and frequent collaborators Asher Keddie, Imogen Banks and Rob Weisbach, we are absolutely thrilled to develop this captivating adaptation of <em>The Soulmate<\/em> with the wildly talented Fiona Seres and cannot wait to bring this enthralling interrogation of love\u2019s complexities to audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hepworth commented, \u201cThere\u2019s a kind of magic in finding creative partners who are as passionate about your story as you are. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve found with Bruna, Steve, Katie and the team at Made Up Stories. I\u2019m so excited to be collaborating with them and with Imogen, Asher, Rob and Fiona to adapt <em>The Soulmate<\/em>\u2014a novel that strives to dig deep into the layered, complicated truths about marriage, loyalty and the secrets we keep from the people we love most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers) has teamed up with Imogen Banks (Offspring, Fake), Asher Keddie (Strife, Offspring) and Fiona Seres (Tangle, The Great) for an adaptation of Sally Hepworth\u2019s The Soulmate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9495,10961,463,9496,9867,10962],"class_list":["post-22995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-asher-keddie","tag-fiona-seres","tag-imogen-banks","tag-made-up-stories","tag-sally-hepworth","tag-the-soulmate","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Made Up Stories Adapting The Soulmate - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Made Up Stories Adapting The Soulmate - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers) has teamed up with Imogen Banks (Offspring, Fake), Asher Keddie (Strife, Offspring) and Fiona Seres (Tangle, The Great) for an adaptation of Sally Hepworth\u2019s The Soulmate.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T13:58:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T14:00:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/07\/MadeUpStories-TheSoulmate-0725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/\",\"name\":\"Made Up Stories Adapting The Soulmate - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-16T13:58:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T14:00:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/made-up-stories-adapting-the-soulmate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Made Up Stories Adapting The Soulmate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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