Your favorite sleuth is finally heading to TV. The CW has ordered Nancy Drew to series at the network.
Launching a Nancy Drew TV series has been a priority for CBS TV Studios, which has the rights to the classic YA mystery books. The studio developed two Nancy Drew series over the past four years, Drew at CBS during the 2015-16 development season, which went to pilot starring Sarah Shahi, and Nancy Drew at NBC last season. Both incarnations, from writers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, were conceived as sequels to the books, with an adult Nancy Drew at the center.
It looks like the studio’s third attempt with a teen heroine and new writers proved to be the charm and it’s being reported that Kennedy McMann, who plays Nancy Drew, is considered a potential breakout star on the series. Freddie Prinze Jr. is also on board as Nancy Drew’s dad. Here is official logline:
“Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.”
Nancy Drew gives Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire two series on the CW next season, along with the returning Dynasty.
