Patty Jenkins’ is following up “Wonder Woman” with a return to the small screen. The herstory-making director will helm the pilot of “One Day She’ll Darken,” a six episode limited drama from TNT, Deadline reports. The “Monster” writer-director is only locked down for the pilot, but she’ll potentially take on additional eps, according to the source. The female-led project received a straight-to-series order.
Inspired by a true story, “One Day She’ll Darken” centers on “Fauna Hodel, who was given away by her teenage birth mother to a black restroom attendant in a Nevada casino in 1949,” Deadline writes. In an effort to uncover the secrets surrounding her past, “she follows a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Hollywood gynecologist, Dr. George Hodel, a man involved in the darkest Hollywood debauchery and a suspect in the infamous ‘Black Dahlia’ murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles in 1947.”
No word on who will portray Fauna, but the show will reunite Jenkins with “Wonder Woman” star Chris Pine, who plays a supporting role.
Jenkins’ husband, author Sam Sheridan (“A Fighters’s Heart”), penned the series.
“Arrested Development,” “Entourage,” and “The Killing,” are among Jenkins’ previous TV directing credits. She’s one of the executive producers on “One Day She’ll Darken.”
“Patty Jenkins is a phenomenally talented director who has always delivered powerful characters, from the unforgettable true-life serial killer in ‘Monster’ to the game-changing superhero warrior in ‘Wonder Woman,’” said Sarah Aubrey, EVP of original programming for TNT. “‘One Day She’ll Darken’ is a mind-boggling true mystery with unpredictable twists and turns and edge-of-your-seat chills. Sam Sheridan, an expert storyteller, has delivered scripts that entertain, frighten, and tell tales of redemption and a powerful search for identity.”
“Wonder Woman” is the highest-grossing film of the summer, the second highest-grossing film of the year behind “Beauty and the Beast,” and the top-grossing women-directed live-action film ever. A sequel for the Gal Gadot-starrer has been confirmed and is slated for release December 13, 2019, but Jenkins still isn’t attached to helm.
