The life of staffers in Obama’s White House will be the focus of a new big-screen workplace comedy.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a book proposal by White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein has been optioned by Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content. Titled From the Corner of the Oval, it follows a woman who goes from being a waitress to working in the White House.
The proposal was picked up by Random House imprint Spiegel and Grau as part of a seven-figure, two-book deal. The film will be produced by Michael Sugar, whose credits include Spotlight and The OA.
The project follows in the footsteps of two films focused on Obama’s youth: Barry and Southside with You. The news also joins a number of politically themed small-screen dramas focused on the rivalry between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Tom Hanks is set to produce an HBO miniseries, Zero Dark Thirty screenwriter Mark Boal will pen a competing show, and Ryan Murphy has announced that the next season of American Horror Story will also take place around the 2016 election.
Obama is also set to release another book himself as part of a $60m deal with Penguin Random House.
