Posted on 08/30/2019 6:57:01 AM PDT by simpson96
Netflix is producing a new drama inspired by Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 run for US president.
The series will be based on a chapter of Chasing Hillary, a memoir by Amy Chozick who covered the election as a reporter for the New York Times.
Entitled Girls on the Bus, it will follow four female journalists trailing fictional presidential candidates.
"This is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me," Ms Chozick said.
Netflix won the rights to the journalist's book after a fierce bidding war. The company said it would "follow the every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, finding friendship, love, and a scandal that could take down not just the presidency but our entire democracy along the way".
Chasing Hillary was described by New York Magazine as "a kind of Bridget Jones's Diary meets What it Takes, coming-of-age rom-com set on the campaign trail".
Along with Julie Plec, the executive producer behind The Vampire Diaries, Ms Chozick will write and act as an executive producer on Girls on the Bus.
The series' name is a reworking of The Boys on the Bus, a 1972 book about the male press pack who covered the 1972 US presidential election.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
"...According to the Washington Post review of her book, the day after the 2016 election, Chozick sat in her cubicle and wrote the "how she lost" story. "Then I finally cried," she writes.
Hey Freepers, how about suggestions for an alternate title to 'Girls On The Bus'? :)
And the Netflix execs wonder why their subscriber counts drops.
Titled: Twice A Loser
So she wrote a book about the big loser?
Why not write a book about the WINNER and how he did it? Then Netflix could produce that.
People want to read and learn about winners, not losers.
Called: “Lock Her Up!”
Is that a Baby Ruth in the Punch Bowl?
Exhibit “A” of political bias in the so-called “news” media.
Cankles: The Untold Story
Netflix is desperate. Losers propping up losers.
“Road to Nowhere.”
“Girls on the Short Bus”
The bus chasing her ambulance van down the road. Sounds like another Gone in 30 seconds sequel.
That movie would best be watched while eating stale moldy popcorn.
If you’ve seen her recently in that tent dress in the Hamptons, you’d need more than two skinny guys holding her up.
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