![]() ![]() ![]() Jinks, who is producing Big Fish on Broadway, is with WME and Alan Hergott. ![]() ![]() Her previous novel, The Painted Girls, was a New York Times bestseller, a 1 national bestseller in Canada, and was named. Her most recent, Daughter of Black Lake, was chosen as Best Fiction for Fall by Entertainment Weekly and Parade magazine. Nauffts’ TV credits include Brothers & Sisters and Political Animals. New York Times bestseller and book club favourite Cathy Marie Buchanan is the author of three novels. Dan Jinks ( Pushing Daisies), who exec produced the CW’s medical drama Emily Owens, MD, is executive producing the project, which was brought to his company by SVP Nick Nantell. Tony-nominated playwright Geoffrey Nauffts ( Next Fall) will write the adaptation and co-executive produce. It revolves around three sisters studying at a top ballet academy, one of whom becomes the muse for Edgar Degas and his famed paintings of ballerinas. Based on the book by Cathy Marie Buchanan, The Painted Girls is set in 1880s Paris against the backdrop of the turbulent and exciting world of “La Belle Epoque” - decadence, poverty, sex, drugs and a serial killer running rampant throughout the city. The CW and CBS TV Studios, which are exploring the French court circa 17th century with freshman drama Reign, are staying in the country with another period drama project, The Painted Girls. ![]()
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