Sadie Sink is set to star in a new television adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel. FX has ordered the limited series, with A24 producing and Hulu set to stream the show.
Sadie Sink cast in The Marriage Plot
The Stranger Things actor will lead an adaptation of The Marriage Plot. The 2011 novel follows three recent college graduates caught in an all-consuming love triangle. They reconcile their youthful romantic aspirations with looming adulthood. The story centres on life-altering choices about love and identity.
Will Arbery, a writer on HBO’s Succession, is adapting the novel, while Hiro Murai, a key creative behind FX’s Atlanta, will direct. Both also serve as executive producers. The project is a high-profile collaboration between FX and A24, two studios with a track record of critically admired, character-driven television.
The Marriage Plot takes place at Brown University in the early 1980s and centres on Madeleine Hanna (possibly Sadie Sink), an English major caught between two men as she completes her undergraduate thesis on the marriage plot in 19th-century fiction.
Leonard Bankhead, a biology student living with bipolar disorder, becomes her intense romantic partner. Mitchell Grammaticus, a religious studies major, pursues both spiritual clarity and Madeleine’s affection.
After graduation, Madeleine and Leonard move to Cape Cod for his postgraduate research, while Mitchell embarks on a journey through Europe and India. It remains unclear how closely the upcoming series will follow the novel. Critics widely commended Eugenides’ novel upon release, and numerous outlets featured it on their best-of-year lists in 2011.
For Sadie Sink, the role represents a different undertaking. Beyond her popular performance as Max Mayfield in Netflix’s Stranger Things, she has built a varied resume. It includes The Whale, a Broadway run in John Proctor Is the Villain, and Romeo & Juliet on the West End. In 2021, she appeared in Taylor Swift’s All Too Well: The Short Film opposite Dylan O’Brien. Up next, she will appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and executive produce a film adaptation of John Proctor Is the Villain.
(Source: Variety)
