Photography Mark BorthwickFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsSofia Coppola is set to adapt an Edith Wharton novel for TVThe adaptation of The Custom of the Country will be the director’s first major episodic projectShareLink copied ✔️May 12, 2020May 12, 2020TextThom Waite With her most recent film, On The Rocks, set to debut later this year, Sofia Coppola has revealed that she will also be adapting The Custom of the Country, by the American novelist (and first female Pulitzer Prize winner) Edith Wharton. The Lost in Translation director will write and direct the adaptation as a “potential” limited series for Apple TV, Variety reports, which would make it the director’s first full-length project for television. As of yet, there are no details about potential casting or production. First published in 1913, Wharton’s The Custom of the Country centres around Undine Spragg, a young Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend through the ranks of New York City society. In a statement, Coppola says: “Undine Spragg is my favorite literary anti-heroine and I’m excited to bring her to the screen for the first time.” On The Rocks, Coppola’s seventh feature film, is her first since 2017’s The Beguiled, for which she became the second ever woman to win the award for Best Director at Cannes. It will tell the story of “a young mother (Rashida Jones) who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father (Bill Murray) on an adventure through New York”. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’ Dsquared2Dsquared2 turns up the Heated Rivalry at Milan Fashion WeekBen Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy