Fifth Season has acquired the rights to the erotic novel "Beautiful Bastard" with plans to develop it as a TV series, Variety has learned exclusively. The novel, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2013, is written by Christina Lauren, the pen name of co-authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. Both Hobbs and Billings […]
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM on February 19, 2026