“East of Eden” amassed 6.5 million views in its first four days of streaming on Netflix. That total took the John Steinbeck adaptation to the No. 1 spot on the streamer’s weekly TV rankings.
Variety•Selome Hailu7h ago
The series creator explains her decision to build the adaptation around a love story, between brothers, rereading Cathy Ames and how she updated Steinbeck's novel for television.
The Hollywood Reporter•Lexy Perez4 OctSPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “East of Eden,” now streaming on Netflix. Zoe Kazan has spent much of her life thinking about family legacy on and off screen.
Variety•Kate Aurthur4 OctFresh off the heels of the hit Netflix adaptation, created by Zoe Kazan and starring Florence Pugh, John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” is at the top of Amazon’s Best Sellers List in the No. 1 spot.
Variety•Rudie Obias4 OctThe actress who plays the central character of Cathy and serves as an executive producer on the well-reviewed Netflix adaptation was Kazan's first and only choice for the role: "I didn't have a backup."
The Hollywood Reporter•Hilary Lewis3 Oct
Cal Trask's life was not defined by his family's past—and neither is Zoe Kazan's. As she adapted John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden into a miniseries more than 70 years after her grandfather...
E! Online•Brahmjot Kaur1 Oct“East of Eden,” the John Steinbeck novel, opens with a place: the author’s native Salinas Valley, the fertile terrain transitioning from the nation’s frontier to its bread basket at the turn of the 20th century.
Variety•Alisoncolleherman1 OctNetflix has teamed with one of the most famous cultural institutions in the U.K., the British Library, to help “more people discover the books behind some of the world’s most popular films and series,” it says.
Variety•Alex Ritman21 Sept