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Moss, McManus Produce Film of Straub’s “American Fantasy”

6/9/2026

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Squalor Pictures, with Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus, will develop a film of Emma Straub’s novel “American Fantasy.”
The novel, published by Riverhead Books on April 7, 2026, follows newly divorced Annie on a 1990s boy-band nostalgia cruise.
Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus will produce with Emma Straub as executive producer.
Emma Straub said Elisabeth Moss’s March 22, 2026 talk-show reaction prompted the option, noting that no writer, cast, distributor or release date is set.

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Story summary

Squalor Pictures, with Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus, will develop a film of Emma Straub’s novel “American Fantasy.”
The novel, published by Riverhead Books on April 7, 2026, follows newly divorced Annie on a 1990s boy-band nostalgia cruise.
Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus will produce with Emma Straub as executive producer.
Emma Straub said Elisabeth Moss’s March 22, 2026 talk-show reaction prompted the option, noting that no writer, cast, distributor or release date is set.