Though she has an extensive TV CV, Olivia Wilde has so far restricted her directing work to films. That's set to change, as she has boarded a potential adaptation of Jennifer Egan's award-winning book A Visit From The Goon Squad.
The tome, which tends to defy easy definition, comprises a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company executive, and his assistant, Sasha. The book centers on the mostly self-destructive characters of different ages who, as they grow older, are sent in unforeseen, and sometimes unusual, directions by life. The stories shift back and forth in time from the 1970s to the present and into the near future. And as for the "Goon Squad" of the title – that refers to time robbing characters of their youth.
A24 optioned the book, and Wilde will now be part of the team developing it, finding a writer to bring it to life as a series. It doesn't have a home yet, but given A24's recent success with the Steven Yeun/Ali Wong-starring Beef on Netflix, that's a potential landing spot.
On the big screen, Wilde is developing a Spider-Woman movie for Sony and a to-be-titled Christmas buddy comedy at Universal.