Jay Wadley (Indignation, The OA, Cruise) has been tapped to score upcoming Netflix limited series Tales of the City. The show is developed by Lauren Morelli (Orange Is the New Black) based on Armistead Maupin’s books and stars Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick and Paul Gross who reprise their roles from the 1993 mini-series (scored by John Keane) and its sequels. They are joined by Ellen Page, Murray Bartlett, Charlie Barnett, Josiah Victoria Garcia and May Hong. The drama follows Mary Ann who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career and will quickly be drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal and the residents of 28 Barbary Lane. Morelli is also executive producing the Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International Studios production with Maupin, Alan Poul (Six Feet Under, The Newsroom), Linney, Andrew Stearn (Shameless), Liza Chasin (Gypsy) and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Atonement). Tales of the City is set to premiere later this year on Netflix.
Wadley has also recently scored the indie drama Adam directed by Rhys Ernst and starring Nicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Leo Sheng, Chloe Levine and Margaret Qualley. The movie centers on an awkward teenager who arrives to spend his final high school summer with his older sister, who has thrown herself into New York City’s lesbian and trans activist scene. Ariel Schrag wrote the screenplay. The project is produced by Howard Gertler (Shortbus, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) and James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain, The Ice Storm) who previously collaborated with Wadley on his directorial debut Indignation. Adam will premiere later this week at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Also coming up for Wadley is the indie comedy Olympic Dreams directed by Jeremy Teicher and starring Nick Kroll, Alexi Pappas, Gus Kenworthy, Morgan Schild and Jamie Anderson. The movie, which follows a young cross-country skier who befriends a volunteer dentist during the Olympic Winter Games after a disappointing finish in her competition, will premiere in March at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.
