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 Taylor 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.

The Netflix adaptation of one of the most popular books in recent years has suffered a blow after director Leslye Headland stepped down. Leslye had been attached to direct the film The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which is based on the 2017 novel by US author Taylor Jenkins Reid.