Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. Television have secured the rights to adapt Steven Rowley's novel 'Take Me With You' into a series. The book, published on May 19, follows a college professor grappling with his husband's mysterious disappearance. Lawrence will executive produce the project alongside Rowley and others, although no writer is currently attached.
- ▪Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. Television have optioned the novel 'Take Me With You' by Steven Rowley.
- ▪The book was published on May 19 by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
- ▪The story centers on a college professor dealing with his husband's sudden disappearance.
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Home TV News May 21, 2026 10:00am PT Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE) By Joe Otterson Plus Icon Joe Otterson TV Reporter joeotterson Latest ‘Emily in Paris’ to End With Season 6 at Netflix 2 hours ago WWE Sets Documentary ‘Made in America’ as Part of America 250 on USA Network (EXCLUSIVE) 2 hours ago ‘The Testaments’ Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu 1 day ago See All Zach Braff; Afonso Salcedo 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.
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