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Netflix has acquired “Calabasas” from executive producers Kim Kardashian and Emma Roberts and “Pretty Little Liars” creator Marlene King. diverse He confirmed it.
Based on the 2021 book If You Lived Here, You'd Be Famous By Now by Via Bleidner, the upcoming series adaptation follows a sheltered 16-year-old Catholic school girl who is thrown into unfamiliar territory when she transfers to Calabasas High School. King is set to write the adaptation and serve as showrunner.
Kardashian executive produces with King and partner Lauren Wagner via Long Lake Media. Additional executive producers include Roberts, Kara Preece and Matt Matroski of Belletrist Productions and Alexandra Milchan under the Crescentline banner. The project is currently in development at Netflix.
“Calabasas” reunites Kardashian and Roberts, who worked together on parts one and two of “American Horror Story: Delicate.”
Kardashian is a Calabasas resident herself, and the city is often featured on the reality series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and the Hulu series “The Kardashians.” In addition to the series “Calabasas,” last year, Netflix acquired the rights to the Kardashian-led comedy “The Fifth Wheel.”
Along with development and executive production of the hit teen drama series ““Pretty Little Liars,” King wrote and executive produced the spin-off series “Ravenswood” and “PLL: Perfectionists. She also serves as an executive producer on “PLL: Original Sin,” which will premiere its second season on May 8 on Max.
Milchan's producing credits include “Tár,” “The Killer,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the Apple TV+ series. ““Blackbird” and “Crowded room.”
Deadline was first to report the Netflix series “Calabasas” news.
