The adaptation is currently in the early stages.

I’m over the moon.” What’s the status of the City of Girls adaptation? My characters could not be in better hands with Kroll and Ashford. The fact that this will be a female-led production makes me happier still, because City of Girls was always meant to be a story for women, and about women. Something about the glittering and glamorous sex-appeal of the New York City theater world in the 1940s just demands to be brought to life in the most vivid and shining way. The entire time I was writing the novel, I was picturing it on the big screen. More than any book I’ve ever written, City of Girls always felt like it wanted to be a movie. Having grown up hearing stories about the inner circles of New York’s theater and art world, I’m very excited to bring this novel to the big screen as it is a world I long to revisit.”įrom author Elizabeth Gilbert: “I’m thrilled to be working with the inimitable Sue Kroll and the brilliant Michelle Ashford on the adaptation of my novel. Many of these female characters reminded me of the glamorous, unconventional and artistic women who my father, theater critic Jack Kroll, and my mother knew. Michelle Ashford, creator of the Master of Sex TV series, is attached to adapt the screenplay.įrom producer Sue Kroll: “Reading City of Girls was a very sentimental and nostalgic experience for me. Kroll has previously executive produced blockbusters such as A Star is Born and Birds of Prey (the Harley Quinn movie). Pictures have acquired the film rights on behalf of Sue Kroll‘s production company. What format will it be? Will the City of Girls adaptation be a Movie or a Series?

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert