The rights to film the novel were first acquired by HBO, and later by James L. Brooks's Gracie Films, and then again in 1999 by Sonnenfeld/Josephson with Barry Sonnenfeld set to direct,[43] but the option lapsed. In 2016, Uri Singer acquired the rights and pushed the project into development.
In 2021, it was announced that Noah Baumbach would write and direct the film for Netflix, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.[44]