Netflix is developing a series version of Jodie Pickle’s novel The Book of Two Ways, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.
The project is the brainchild of Matthew B. Roberts, who will serve as executive producer and showrunner, as well as writing the screenplay. Sony Pictures Television, with whom Roberts has an overall contract, will produce.
Netflix declined to comment. Representatives for Mr. Roberts and Mr. Picoult declined to comment.
The Book of Two Ways was originally published in 2020. The book follows Dawn Edelstein, a woman who survives a plane crash and begins to see two divergent paths for her future. One is to return to Boston with her husband and children, the other to her career in Egyptology and the love she left behind.
Mr. Roberts is best known for his work on the “Outlander” series, another Sony television production. Roberts started out as a writer and producer on Outlander, eventually working his way up to showrunner. He is also the developer and showrunner of the prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The eighth and final season of “Outlander” is currently airing, and the final episode of the series is scheduled to air on May 15th. Meanwhile, “Blood of My Blood” is preparing to launch its second season in late 2026.
Picoult is the author of “The Book of Two Ways,” as well as other books such as “My Sister’s Keeper,” “Nineteen Minutes,” “The Storyteller,” “A Spark of Light,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Mad Honey” and “By Any Other Name.” Four of her books (“The Pact,” “Plain Truth,” “The Tenth Circle,” and “Salem Falls”) have previously been adapted into television dramas. Meanwhile, “My Sister’s Keeper” was made into a movie in 2009 starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin.
Mr. Roberts is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn. Picoult is repped by Laura Gross and WME.
