'Lonesome Dove' Series Ordered at Netflix From 'East of Eden' Team
Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart will co-showrun the adaptation after Netflix won rights to the highly competitive project.
- Netflix secured rights to adapt 'Lonesome Dove,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning Western by Larry McMurtry, following a highly competitive bidding process.
- Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart will serve as co-showrunners and writers, reuniting with Netflix after their work on the upcoming limited series 'East of Eden.'
- Former Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call embark on a final cattle drive from the Rio Grande to the untamed wilderness of Montana, pursuing a dream they may have already outlived.
- Teton Ridge Entertainment first acquired the novel's rights, with Kazan and Stuart noting they approach the material with 'love and respect' for McMurtry's classic.
- Jinny Howe, head of Scripted Series at Netflix, called 'Lonesome Dove' one of the great American stories, stating 'there was no question we wanted to follow Zoe and Jeb wherever they went next.
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