NETFLIX ANNOUNCES SERIES ADAPTATION, UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, BASED ON JHUMPA LAHIRI’S INTERNATIONALLY BELOVED SHORT STORY COLLECTION, PRODUCED BY WARNER BROS. TELEVISION
John Wells to Serve as Showrunner and Executive Producer
- Today, Netflix announced a new drama series, Unaccustomed Earth, based on the award-winning Jhumpa Lahiri collection of short stories.
- Format: Eight Episodes
- Logline: Inspired by the internationally beloved Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection of the same name, Unaccustomed Earth is an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian American community navigating love, desire, and belonging. Rich with nuance, passion and unforgettable characters, Unaccustomed Earth invites you into the elite and insular Indian-American community of Cambridge, MA. When a star-crossed romance between a devoted wife and her long lost love comes to light, a scandalous affair is born and new battle lines are drawn in this intensely inter-connected immigrant community.
- Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer: John Wells (The Pitt, Shameless) via John Wells Productions overall deal with Warner Bros. Television
- Writer/Executive Producer: Madhuri Shekar (3 Body Problem, The Nevers)
- Director/Executive Producer: Nisha Ganatra (Freakier Friday, Late Night) will direct the first episode.
- Executive Producers: Jhumpa Lahiri, Erica Saleh, Erin Jontow, Celia Costas.
- Unaccustomed Earth reunites Netflix, Wells and Warner Bros. Television, following the critically acclaimed show Maid and the highly-anticipated upcoming limited-series, Untamed.
- Studio: Warner Bros. Television
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