The television dramatization of best-selling novel "Long Island Compromise" has been dropped by Apple TV before production begins.
Taffy Brodesser-Akners novel had been the subject of a bidding war between studios, before being successfully bought by Eden Productions. That meant the project was then offered to Apple as Eden's executive producer Richard Pepler is nearing the end of a five-year deal with Apple TV.
According to Variety, Apple turned down the project. It's not clear how far the show got with Apple TV — the novel was subject to a bidding war before its July 2024 publication.
But reportedly Apple had not yet given the show a series order. That means it was in the earliest stages of development at Apple TV, and it's far from unusual for projects to be dropped at this point.
It is unusual, though, that such a hot property will now have to be shopped around to other streamers or broadcasters.
As well as being bought during a bidding war, "Long Island Compromise" came with a strong track record. It's novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner's follow up to her hit debit book, "Fleishman is in Trouble."
That was dramatized in 2022 by Hulu. Brodesser-Akner wrote the screenplay for the TV version, and was nominated for an Emmy. She was beaten by Lee Sung Jin for "Beef."
"Long Island Compromise" is the story of a wealth businessman who 40 years ago was kidnapped and held for ransom. Now his family is reuniting, and the novel concentrates on the impact of that traumatic time.
Brodesser-Akner was set to write the dramatization of her "Long Island Compromise," and to be an executive producer.
Neither Apple nor representatives of Brodesser-Akner have commented publicly.
