Universal has climbed aboard this hot book property.
Power producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas — known for collaborating with Jennifer Lopez on movies like “Hustlers” — is teaming up with “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star to bring Goldsmith-Thomas’ debut novel to TV.
Universal Television snapped up rights to “Climbing in Heels” before it’s even published April 29 via St. Martin’s Press.
The duo will executive-produce and co-write the series together.
The juicy book follows the rise of five ambitious assistants in glitzy ’80s Hollywood, we hear.
Star — who also had a hand in “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Emily in Paris” — called the new project in a statement an “addictive fictional account of Hollywood . . . through a female lens,” and, “a ballsy and bawdy love child of ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Sex and the City.’ ”
Goldsmith-Thomas was a top Hollywood agent — repping stars including Lopez, Julia Roberts, Madonna, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Spike Lee and Nicolas Cage — before she went on to produce films including “Maid in Manhattan,” “Mona Lisa Smile” and “Hustlers.”
She’s the president of Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions banner.
The debut author said in a statement: “I am thrilled to be partnering with Darren Star and Universal Television to bring life to these complicated, colorful women who refused to be sidelined or silenced.”
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