The Overstory | David Benioff & D.B. Weiss

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Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are putting to rest any questions industry insiders had about how prolific they'd be at Netflix.

Benioff and Weiss have set up their third show for the streaming giant under their sprawling five-year, $250 million overall deal: an adaption of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory.

Here's how Netflix describes the drama, which is currently in the development stage: "a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of the natural world. It tells the story of a world alongside ours that is vast, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive and almost invisible to us. A handful of disparate people learn how to see that world and are drawn into its unfolding catastrophe."

Richard Robbins (Good Girls Revolt, 12 Monkeys) penned the script and will exec produce alongside Benioff and Weiss. Hugh Jackman, a notable fan of the novel, will exec produce alongside Bernie Caulfield (Game of Thrones). Author Powers is on board as a co-EP.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is a notable fan of The Overstory, telling The New York Times last year the 2019 novel is "a wonderful example of how great storytelling can help build understanding and empathy. Original and profound." [×]