The Overstory: Hugh Jackman & GOT creators team for new Netflix series

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are developing a series adaptation of the Richard Powers novel “The Overstory” at Netflix, with Hugh Jackman set to be an executive producer on the project. This will be the duo's third project for Netflix under their five-year overall deal.

According to Netflix, The Overstory is currently in development with Richard Robbins (Good Girls Revolt, 12 Monkeys) writing the script in addition to his role as an executive producer. The streamer describes the series as "a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of the natural world. It tells the story of a world alongside ours that is vast, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. A handful of disparate people learn how to see that world and are drawn into its unfolding catastrophe."

Benioff and Weiss' other Netflix projects include Alexander Woo's The Three-Body Problem as well as the half-hour dramedy The Chair, starring Sandra Oh and from showrunner Amanda Peet. Game of Thrones producer Bernie Caulfield will also executive produce The Overstory alongside Powers, who will co-executive produce.

Perhaps I need to read the book, but the description Netflix has provided for The Overstory is not helping me to understand what the series is about. Have you read Powers' novel? Maybe you can help me out? If you've got a better grasp on the plot for this one feel free to drop a comment and clue me in. Thanks in advance.