Here’s hoping Hailee Steinfeld paid attention in English class: Apple announced Wednesday that the Oscar-nominated actress will star as Emily Dickinson in its newest comedy project.
Alena Smith (The Affair) will write and executive-produce Dickinson alongside David Gordon Green (Vice Principals), who will also direct.
Dickinson, which received a straight-to-series order, will tell the titular poet’s coming-of-age story.
The series will be set in Dickinson’s era, the 1800s, with a modern sensibility and tone.