Maggie Betts Signs On to Direct 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' Movie After Original Director Exits

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Maggie Betts Signs on to Direct 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' Movie After Original Director Exits

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has found a new director!

More than two week after it was announced that director Leslye Headland had exited the project, it was reported on Tuesday (February 11) that The Burial director Maggie Betts has signed on to direct the upcoming Netflix adaption of the New York Times best-selling novel.

Keep reading to find out more…Along with directing the movie, Deadline reports that Maggie will also be co-writing the script with Liz Tigelaar, who previously served as showrunner on the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere.

Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is about a reclusive, iconic Hollywood starlet Evelyn Hugo, who enlists unknown reporter Monique Grant to write her tell-all book, which will chronicle her life story and rise to fame during the golden age of Hollywood.

We have come up with our dream cast for the movie!

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