as a vehicle for her creative projects, now being developed under her overall deal at UTV.īans was the creator, executive producer and showrunner on NBC’s drama Good Girls. She is currently the showrunner and executive producer on Bel-Air, which is Peacock’s most-streamed original series. Waddles has written and produced over a dozen television shows, including That’s So Raven, Half & Half, Hit The Floor and Good Girls. Hager and her company, Thousand Voices, are represented by UTA. Hager previously announced that Black Candle Women was her March pick for #ReadWithJenna, Today‘s critically acclaimed book club, which Hager founded in March 2019. Since its inception, 36 of Hager’s book club selections have become New York Times bestsellers. Under her first-look deal with USG, Hager and Spector are developing and producing projects with Universal Television, Universal International Studios, UCP and Universal Television Alternative Studio for multiple platforms, including Maame and The Feather Thief at Universal International Studios and The Many Daughters of Afong Moy and The Cloisters through UCP. We are also thrilled that Jenna and Casey have joined us alongside our partners at UTV.”

I am thrilled to partner with the indomitable Carla to bring the four generations of Montrose women to viewers. I’m so excited to see these characters that have lived in my head for so long brought to life on screen,” said Brown.Īdded Hager: “Diane’s magical, poetic novel captured my imagination from the first page. “I am thrilled that my book will not only be adapted but also be in such incredibly talented hands. And as new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision course dating back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans’ French Quarter-where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love…

Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before it’s even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. 'Hacks' Production Paused For Duration Of Writers Strike 'There Was No Other Option,' EP Says - Updateīlack Candle Women introduces four generations of Montrose women-Augusta, Victoria, Willow-who have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years.

Black candle women by diane marie brown