Netflix is in the process of adapting The Picture of Dorian Gray into a modern-day television series, TheWrap has learned.
The show, titled “The Grays,” is produced by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with “The Girls on the Bus” showrunner and EP Rina Mimoun serving as showrunner and executive producer, according to a person familiar with the series. Katie Rose Rogers (“Supergirl,” “Fellow Travelers”) will write the series.
As the team modernizes Oscar Wilde’s novel, the series will center on siblings Basil and Doran Gray, while The Greys will explore the themes of the classic from the perspective of the modern beauty industry, according to Deadline, which first reported the news.
Representatives for Warner Bros. Television and Netflix declined to comment.
Mimoun and Rogers will produce the series alongside Rogers’ brother Robbie Rogers, with whom she previously worked on “Fellow Travelers” and who produced “All American” and an EP of “All American: Homecoming.”
Other executive producers include Lee Toland Krieger, who will direct the series, and Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman of Berlanti Productions.
Published in April 1891, The Picture of Dorian Gray revolves around Dorian Gray, who is influenced by the hedonistic views of Lord Henry Wotton and sells his soul for the promise of eternal youth and beauty. The deal ensures that Dorian will never age, while a portrait of him painted by his friend Basil, who is infatuated with him, will feel the effects of time.
The Picture of Dorian Gray has been the subject of several adaptations, including the 1945 film starring George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield and Donna Reed, and earned Angela Lansbury an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sibyl Vane. Ben Barnes and Colin Firth starred in the 2009 film Dorian Gray.
