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[02/19/25 - 10:31 AM]
Peacock Wins "Climbing in Heels" in an Aggressive Script-to-Series Bid
Emmy Award-winning creator Darren Star and author Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas will co-write and executive produce the series.

[via press release from Peacock]

PEACOCK WINS "CLIMBING IN HEELS" IN AN AGGRESSIVE SCRIPT-TO-SERIES BID

Darren Star and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas to Co-Write and Executive Produce

Peacock has officially won Climbing in Heels, the drama series adaptation of Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas' upcoming novel, in an aggressive script-to-series bid. Emmy(R) Award-winning creator Darren Star and Goldsmith-Thomas will co-write and executive produce the series. Universal Television, where Star is based with a multi-year overall deal, is the studio.

Star and Goldsmith-Thomas will co-write and executive produce the series, bringing to life a fictional tale following the rise of five ambitious secretaries navigating the glitzy world of 1980s Hollywood while offering a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve. Described by Star as the "ballsy and bawdy love child of Mad Men and Sex and the City," it's a juicy story of friendship, betrayal, survival and ambition. It's also a cautionary tale about how some of those women became very much like the monsters they worked for. The novel will publish on April 29, 2025, via St. Martin's Press, and is available now to pre-order HERE.

Darren Star: "I'm so excited to be working with Elaine to bring her addictive novel Climbing in Heels to the screen. I can't wait for audiences to fall in love with these audacious and ambitious young women."

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas: "I am thrilled that Climbing In Heels was taken off the table so quickly by Peacock. It is the perfect home for Darren and I to bring these fabulously complicated and colorful characters to life"

ABOUT DARREN STAR

With a successful career that spans over three decades in the television industry, Darren Star has a reputation for creating massively successful commercial hits, including Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Beverly Hills, 90210, Younger, Melrose Place and more. Under his overall deal with Universal Television, Star develops and produces new series projects exclusively with the studio through his company, Darren Star Productions, for a variety of broadcast and streaming platforms.

Star is repped by Jay Sures at UTA and attorney Sam Fischer at Ziffren Brittenham.

ABOUT ELAINE GOLDSMITH-THOMAS

Emerging from a male-dominated landscape in the 1980s entertainment industry, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas shattered barriers at the William Morris Agency to become a powerhouse agent, representing Hollywood luminaries like Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Madonna, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Spike Lee and Nicholas Cage, among others. In 2000, she made a bold career pivot, transitioning to a successful stint as a studio head, writer and producer, responsible for hits like Maid in Manhattan, Mona Lisa Smile, Hustlers and Marry Me. Today, as Producing Partner to Jennifer Lopez and President of Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, she continues to drive groundbreaking projects, spearheading a compelling array of television series and films, including one of the top 10 films ever to be streamed globally on Netflix, The Mother. Prior to working with Lopez, Goldsmith-Thomas was a Senior Vice President of both The William Morris Agency and International Creative Management.

Goldsmith-Thomas is repped by CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof Fishman.

ABOUT THE SERIS

Platform: Peacock

Studio: Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group

Production Companies: Darren Star Productions, EGTV Productions

Genre: Drama





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