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Marc Turtletaub to Direct Everything Was Beautiful Adaptation

8/13/2026

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Marc Turtletaub will direct an adaptation of Ben Reeves’s novel *Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt*, with Oren Moverman writing the screenplay.
The novel entered the New York Times bestseller list in its first week, prompting production in the United Kingdom.
Turtletaub announced the project in a Deadline interview, where his feature *Borges and Me* debuts on Saturday, August 15, while the Edinburgh International Film Festival runs through August 19.

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Marc Turtletaub will direct an adaptation of Ben Reeves’s novel *Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt*, with Oren Moverman writing the screenplay.
The novel entered the New York Times bestseller list in its first week, prompting production in the United Kingdom.
Turtletaub announced the project in a Deadline interview, where his feature *Borges and Me* debuts on Saturday, August 15, while the Edinburgh International Film Festival runs through August 19.