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's highly anticipated adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo gains new director Maggie Betts, bringing fresh momentum.

Maggie Betts is taking over direction duties for Netflix's adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s New York Times best-selling novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as per a report on Deadline. Leslye Headland was previously roped in to direct but is no longer attached to the project.