Jeb Stuart, Zoe Kazan Developing 'Lonesome Dove' for Netflix
Jeb Stuart says he and Zoe Kazan are working on a Netflix adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-winning novel 'Lonesome Dove.'
Jeb Stuart and Zoe Kazan are developing an adaptation of Lonesome Dove for Netflix, Stuart said in a new interview with Collider. Stuart discussed the project while speaking at the premiere of East of Eden.
No release date, cast or production timeline for the Lonesome Dove adaptation has been announced.
Lonesome Dove was released in 1985. The Western novel by Larry McMurtry won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction the following year.
The novel was adapted once before as the 1989 CBS miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. That miniseries won seven Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.
East of Eden, from Stuart and Kazan, topped Netflix's streaming charts after its release on Oct. 1, 2026.
Quick answers
What is Jeb Stuart and Zoe Kazan's new project?
They are developing an adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel 'Lonesome Dove' for Netflix, according to Stuart in an interview with Collider.
Was 'Lonesome Dove' adapted before?
Yes. The novel was adapted as a 1989 CBS miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, which won seven Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.