“The Nest” is coming to the big screen, and Oscar nominee Emily V. Gordon is set to take it there. “The Big Sick” screenwriter has signed on to pen a feature adaptation of Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s New York Times Best Seller for Amazon Studios, The Hollywood Reporter confirms.
Set in New York City, the novel centers on the Plumb family. Mounting hostilities lead the adult siblings to “confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, whose actions have endangered the family trust fund.”
“Transparent” and “I Love Dick” creator Jill Soloway is on board to produce via her Topple banner alongside Andrea Sperling. Cathy Kahane will exec produce.
Gordon is up for Best Original Screenplay at the upcoming Oscars. She wrote the screenplay for “The Big Sick” with the film’s star, “Silicon Valley” actor Kumail Nanjiani. The collaborators are married, and the romantic comedy is inspired by their own relationship. Shortly after the couple got together, Gordon went into a medically induced coma.
Nanjiani recently called out a sexist headline from The Washington Post that minimized Gordon’s contribution to the film. The headline read “Kumail Nanjiani opens up about his wife’s illness, the inspiration for ‘The Big Sick.’” He tweeted the newspaper, saying, “Appreciate you covering [the movie.] Could you add my wife’s name to this headline please? She is Emily V Gordon, & not just the inspiration, but one of the writers of ‘The Big Sick.’”
“Kumail is a big fan of rom-coms, and I am a little bit less of a fan. I’d grown up watching movies where I would always do a joke with my friends like, ‘Okay let’s imagine that movie from the woman’s perspective.’ The women are often just accessories to a guy’s gross misunderstanding of the world,” Gordon has said. “When we were working on this, we wanted to make sure that you understood where both people were coming from. They both have full lives and they weren’t waiting for the other person to complete them. They both are better people because they are with each other, but they weren’t completing each other. So, I think his love of rom-coms and my irritation with rom-coms made a really good combination for writing this.”
Gordon’s other credits include “Crashing” and “The Carmichael Show.”
