Gene Pressman’s forthcoming They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World’s Greatest Store is headed to the small screen, Deadline reports.
Pressman’s book, scheduled for publication in September by Viking, tells the story of Barneys New York, the legendary department store that he led as co-CEO and creative director for almost 30 years. The store was founded by Pressman’s grandfather in 1923 and shuttered in 2020. A critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “This glittering, dishy time capsule of a paradise lost is as charming and blustery as its author.”
Writing the adaptation will be Beth Schacter, known for her work on series including Quantico and Billions; she is also writing for the forthcoming series adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend. Joe Wright (Atonement, Cyrano) will direct. Pressman, Schacter, and Wright will be among the series’ executive producers.
Pressman said in a statement, “They All Came to Barneys is the true story of how we built Barneys into—if I do say so myself—the greatest store in the greatest city in the world. Now I’m so excited to partner with Beth, Joe, and these incredible creatives to imagine the fictional version of this story—in which nothing will be off-limits.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
