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 The losing 2016 U.S. presidential candidate said on Wednesday
she was working with director Steven Spielberg to bring a book
about women's fight for voting rights to television.
"I’m thrilled to be joining forces with Steven Spielberg to
bring @efweiss5’s book 'The Woman’s Hour' to TV," Clinton said
on her Twitter account, referring to author Elaine Weiss.
"It’s about the women who fought for suffrage nearly 100 years
ago. We stand on their shoulders, and I’m delighted to have a
hand in helping to tell their stories," she added.
Spielberg's Amblin Television said in a statement that Clinton
would be one of four executive producers on the show, which is
being developed for a cable channel or a streaming platform.
No writer or network has yet signed on, but The Hollywood
Reporter said Clinton is expected to have hands-on involvement
in the development of the show, including casting.
The project will mark Clinton's debut as a TV producer and
follows a deal in May between Netflix and former President
Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to produce films,
documentaries and other content for the streaming service.
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"The Woman's Hour," set in 1920, tells the story of the long crusade
by American women to get the right to vote. It was published in
March.
Clinton called it "both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for
everyone, young and old, male and female, in these perilous times."
Since losing her bid to become the first female U.S. president,
Clinton has written a memoir about her campaign, "What Happened,"
and launched the political action group Onward Together.
She is also due to make a guest appearance as herself in an October
episode of television's "Madam Secretary," about a fictional female
U.S. Secretary of State that is widely thought to be inspired by
Clinton's own time at the U.S. State Department from 2009 to 2013.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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