BookTok just might make it all the way to the Oscars.
Academy Award winner Siân Heder is confirmed to be adapting Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling novel “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” for the big screen. The feature is Heder’s latest buzzy project post-Oscar win for “CODA,” which took the title of Best Picture in 2022.
“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” will be written by Mark Bomback, who penned the script based off a draft penned by author Zevin. The novelist will serve as an executive producer on the Paramount Pictures release.
The film is a modern love story that spans three decades between friends Sam and Sadie who both work in the cutthroat video game industry. The novel — exploring the challenges and thrills of lifelong friendship — was published in 2022 and has sold more than 2.8 million copies worldwide while spending 50 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list.
Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, and Isaac Klausner will produce the adaptation via their Temple Hill banner, which recently was behind “Turtles All the Way Down.”
Heder has written and directed for series such as “Orange is the New Black,” “GLOW,” and “Little America.” Her feature directorial debut was a “Juno” reunion between Elliot Page and Alison Janney with “Tallulah.” Heder’s sophomore feature was “CODA,” the dramedy that centered on a deaf family and their hearing child. “CODA” won both Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to star Troy Kotsur winning Best Supporting Actor.
Heder said during the Oscars ceremony that “CODA” winning Best Picture was a “huge moment for independent film.”
“When we went into Sundance, we had no distributor. I just went into Sundance thinking, ‘I hope somebody buys this movie’ and we just won Best Picture,” Heder said. “This is the stuff dreams are made of, it’s really been amazing. Yes, to women out there, to indie filmmakers out there, to anybody who’s fighting to tell a story, this is a beautiful moment.”
Heder was announced in 2021 to be directing a biopic on disability rights activist Judith Heumann based on Heumann’s memoir for Apple Original Films, which released “CODA.” Actress Ali Stroker, who became the first disabled person to win a Tony for her 2019 performance in “Oklahoma” on Broadway, was reportedly being considered for the leading role. Heder has a multi-year agreement with Apple Original Films.
Heder is represented by CAA, ID PR, Anonymous Content, and Mitch Smelkinson of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson, & Christopher, LLP.
Author Zevin is represented by CAA, Sterling Lord Literistic’s Doug Stewart and Cohen Gardner LLP.
