Portlandia creative team reels in a film adaptation of Mermaids In Paradise
Working on IFC’s community-minded quirkfest Portlandia, writer-director Jonathan Krisel and writer Graham Wagner have built a satirical world the echos the proudly weird city of Portland, Oregon. Now, according to Deadline, the pair has successfully pitched a film adaptation of Lydia Millet’s Mermaids In Paradise. Krisel will serve as the film’s director, with Wagner authoring the script.