Netflix has chosen the director to take over from Leslye Headland on the film adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

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 the Tauylor 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.

Netflix's highly anticipated adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo gains new director Maggie Betts, bringing fresh momentum.