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Scarlett Johansson to Executive Produce The Nanny Diaries Series at Netflix
Scarlett Johansson returns to the bestseller adaptation as Netflix assembles a team of veteran TV producers and writers for the potential series.
- Netflix is developing a series based on Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus's bestselling novel The Nanny Diaries, with Scarlett Johansson serving as an executive producer through her These Pictures banner.
- Amy Chozick and Jenny Bicks will serve as writers and co-showrunners after Johansson and director Greg Berlanti discussed revisiting the book while working together on the 2024 film Fly Me to the Moon.
- The series centers on Annie, an aspiring writer who takes a nanny job for a wealthy Upper East Side couple; unlike the film, she goes undercover to expose the ultra-rich for a book deal.
- Production involves Johansson's These Pictures banner, Berlanti Productions, and Spyglass Media Group, with Warner Bros. Television serving as the studio for the development.
- In 2025, book adaptations drove over 9 billion global views on Netflix, representing nearly 20% of total view hours, positioning this series within the streamer's literary adaptation strategy.
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Scarlett Johansson is set to executive produce a TV adaptation of her film The Nanny Diaries. Deadline reports that Netflix is developing a series based on the film adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus’ book of the same name. Johansson starred as the titular nanny Annie alongside Laura Dern, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys and Chris Evans in the 2007 film … Don’t miss the moment that The Moment makes its streaming debut. The A24 film will a…
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