Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired the rights to Katy Hays’ upcoming novel “Home Economics,” with Julia Roberts set to star and produce the screen adaptation. The novel, published by Viking Penguin in 2027, was won in a competitive auction and sold across 11 in
Julia Roberts is moving from the page to the screen again—this time, with a role tied to Katy Hays’ newly incoming bestseller list contender, “Home Economics.”
Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired the rights to Hays’ upcoming novel. with Roberts set to star and produce the film adaptation. Roberts is producing through her Red Om Films banner with partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill. alongside “Wicked” producer Marc Platt on behalf of Marc Platt Productions.
Hays will adapt the novel for the screen and also executive produce the movie project. The author is a New York Times best-selling writer. with her debut novel “The Cloisters.” She’s also written “Saltwater. ” a critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling title that is currently on the paper’s best-seller list.
Details of “Home Economics”—including its synopsis and the film plot—are being kept under wraps. The book sold in a highly competitive publishing auction. landing at Pamela Dorman Books. an imprint of Viking Penguin. at Penguin Random House. Publication is scheduled for 2027, and the novel has also been sold in 11 international territories.
Sony’s 3000 Pictures literary development team played a key role in bringing the project to the studio, with Jake Bauman and the Sony Literary team described as instrumental. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster will oversee the project for 3000 Pictures.
Roberts, meanwhile, is in the middle of a busy slate. She most recently starred in Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” at Amazon MGM Studios. Next, she will appear in Sam Esmail’s “Panic Carefully,” a Warner Bros. film set for a theatrical release on Feb. 26, 2027.
Roberts and Red Om Films are represented by CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein. Platt is represented by 42 West and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Katy Hays is represented for publishing by Elisabeth Weed and The Book Group, and for film and television by CAA.
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Julia Roberts is doing everything now lol.
Wait so the book comes out in 2027 but the movie too? They keep “plot details under wraps” but somehow I already feel like I know it’s gonna be like her other stuff.
I saw the headline “Home Economics” and thought it was gonna be some cooking show or like FAFSA stuff. But it’s a novel turned movie? Also why is it mentioned that it sold across 11 territories like that’s a recipe ingredient.
So Sony bought the rights, but details are kept secret… that’s literally how every movie works now. Not mad, just seems like they’re hyping it for auction money. And “Wicked” producer Marc Platt is on it, so I’m guessing it’ll be more fantasy than home economics? Either way I’ll probably watch it when it drops in 2027.