Filmmaker Maggie Betts has been tapped to direct “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” for Netflix after Leslye Headland departed the project. Betts, whose credits include “The Burial” and “Novitiate,” will also co-write the screenplay with Liz Tigelaar (“Tiny Beautiful Things,

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s adaptation of the Tauylor Jenkins Reid’s New York Times best-selling novel The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo has gained some momentum as sources tell Deadline The Burial director Maggie Betts has come on to direct the film.

Netflix announced that they would be adapting the hit novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Netflix is set to bring Taylor Jenkins Reid's captivating novel, 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Lugo,' to life with Maggie Betts at the helm

Netflix‘s adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has officially found a new director, with Deadline reporting that a new filmmaker has been tapped to helm the project. Who is the new The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo director?