Matt Reeves To Direct “Bonfire of the Vanities”

“The Batman” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” filmmaker Matt Reeves is set to direct an eight-episode series adaptation of the famed Tom Wolfe 1987 New York society satire novel “The Bonfire of the Vanities” for Apple TV.

“Boston Legal” and “Big Little Lies” creator David E. Kelley, who previously worked with Apple TV on the Jake Gyllenhaal-led “Presumed Innocent” and the upcoming “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” will pen and executive produce the series.

The original novel is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City and centers on various characters.

It primarily focuses on white yuppie Wall Street bond trader Sherman McCoy, whose life falls apart after a hit-and-run incident with a young black man in the Bronx while his mistress was driving the car.

Reeves is also executive producing via his 6th and Idaho Productions label. Sarah Geismer and Matthew Tinker will also executive produce for Warner Bros. Television.

Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Kim Cattrall, F. Murray Abraham and Morgan Freeman starred in the previous 1990 film adaptation, which was both a critical and commercial bomb.

Reeves is currently slated to begin shooting “The Batman Part II” shortly in the UK, so don’t expect this series anytime soon.

Source: Variety