Zoe Kazan Takes 'East of Eden' to Netflix, Seven Decades After Her Grandfather Filmed It

Zoe Kazan has adapted John Steinbeck's novel "East of Eden" as a series for Netflix, according to a review published by The Hollywood Reporter. The series runs seven episodes. Florence Pugh leads the cast, and Mike Faist and Christopher Abbott also star. The Hollywood Reporter's critic singled out Pugh's performance as the most commanding in the production and called it frightening. The critic also praised Kazan's work as the adapter. The review notes that the book reached the screen once before, in a 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan, Zoe Kazan's grandfather. In the critic's assessment, the new series follows Steinbeck's novel more closely than that film did. For viewers in Beverly Hills, the Netflix version gives one family's second take on the same American novel, and the review judges it the more faithful of the two.

With reporting from The Hollywood Reporter.