Shonda Rhimes to Helm Netflix's Anna Delvey Series

According to Entertainment Weekly, The viral story of New York con woman Anna Delvey is coming to Netflix - with help from Shonda Rhimes.

Shondaland and Netflix have acquired the rights to New York magazine's recent article about Delvey, with Rhimes attached to write the series.

Jessica Pressler wrote the article, which chronicles how the supposed it-girl posed as a German heiress and conned her way into a luxurious lifestyle filled with expensive hotel stays, lavish international trips, and $100 tips. (There's also a Vanity Fair article about how Delvey conned a photo editor out of $62,000.) The 27-year-old tried to raise millions to launch a "Soho House-ish" art club before being arrested, and she's currently being held without bond on Rikers Island.

The Delvey project is Rhimes' first with Netflix; she signed a multi-year deal with the streaming service and left her longtime home of ABC - where she launched hit shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

Rhimes is best known as the showrunner-creator, head writer, and executive producer-of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, its spin-off Private Practice, and the political thriller series Scandal. Rhimes has also served as the executive producer of the ABC television series Off the Map, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Catch.

In 2007, Rhimes was named one of TIME magazine's 100 People Who Help Shape the World. In 2015, she published her first book, a memoir, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person. In 2017 Netflix said that it had entered into a multi-year development deal with Rhimes, by which all of her future productions will be Netflix Original series. They already had purchased streaming rights to back episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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