In 1990, Bonfire of the Vanities was made into a movie starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Melanie Griffith and Kim Cattrall.
The über producer (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) is developing an eight-episode drama series for Amazon, based on the 1987 Tom Wolfe novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The drama will be written by Margaret Nagle (Red Band Society, Boardwalk Empire), who will executive-produce with Lorre.
Chuck Lorre is going for a dramatic change of pace with his next small-screen project.