Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE)

May 21, 2026 10:00am PT Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. Television have optioned the brand new Steven Rowley novel “Take Me With You” with plans to adapt it as a series, Variety has learned exclusively.

The book was just published on May 19 by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. No writer is currently attached to the project. Lawrence will executive produce via Doozer Productions and its overall deal with WBTV along with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer. Rowley and Rob Weisbach will also executive produce. WBTV is the studio.

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