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Molly Smith Metzler was first handed a copy of Stephanie Land’s book Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive during her time in the Shameless writers’ room. Metzler had just written a play on motherhood called Cry It Out, and was the prime candidate for Maid EPs John Wells and Margot Robbie to adapt…

Molly Smith Metzler, creator and showrunner of Netflix’s critically praised limited drama series Maid, is expanding her relationship with the streaming giant. Metzler has signed a multi-year overall deal under which she will write and produce new series and other projects at Netflix. Via her Quiet Coyote production…

Adapted from Stephanie Land's 2019 autobiographical book Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Netflix's recent ten-part mini-series stars Margaret Qualley as Alex, a young mother who leaves an abusive relationship with her infant daughter and tries to make ends meet as a cleaner. The book was an…

Deadline has confirmed that Universal is developing a feature take on Mark Watson and Oliver Harud’s 2015 graphic novel Dan and Sam from Picador publishing. Japanese director Hikari, who helmed the Berlin Film Festival Audience Award winner 37 Seconds, will direct. The drama, which follows a young Japanese woman who…

Netflix has given a series order to Maid, a female-driven dramedy inspired by Stephanie Land’s New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. The project is from writer Molly Smith Metzler (Shameless, Orange Is the New Black); John Wells Productions; Margot Robbie’s…