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, 2020Text Thom 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.TrendingAnd Love Comes in at the Eye: Passionate portraits from Tom Wood’s archiveThe beloved photographer’s latest book brings together shots of amorous late-night encounters in the nightclubs of Merseyside in the 1980sArt & PhotographyBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and erotica NothingEventWhat Went Down at Club Nothing in New YorkBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?MusicDaughter From Hell: The 5 best tracks on Gracie Abrams’ new albumLife & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?Art & PhotographyThe book preserving the Caribbean’s radical creative historyFashionThese photos capture clandestine moments at iconic fashion shows NothingMusicNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fundEscape 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