EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s adaptation of Taylor 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.

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,

Netflix announced that they would be adapting the hit novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

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