bigger news...she's as surprised as you are (and it's gattuccio but close enough)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 8:58PM Mrs. G. 
Mrs. G. has kept her lips zipped for nineteen months and she suspects most of you know how difficult that was. She's not known for her poker face or keeping her counsel when it comes to info that fizzes. She'll give you all the details when she's given the green light.
Mrs. G. also wants to thank derf Martha who sent her this news release. As always, Mrs. G. is out of her own loop.
So, here's the deal:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Developing Movie For Lifetime Inspired By Derfwad Manor Blog
EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has put in development Mrs. G's Bigger Love, an original movie project executive produced by Jennifer Love Hewitt. Written by Julie Golden, the film is based on an entry in Heather Gatticio’s blog Derfwad Manor. In the post, Gatticio, a happily married mother of two, muses hypothetically about becoming a female polygamist, marrying the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem. The Lifetime project follows a bored Seattle housewife’s fictional day-in-the-the-life-of-a-female-polygamist blog. When the blog attracts the attention of a book agent and she realizes the fame, money and validation she so craved during her bored and frustrated housewife existence, she finds herself forced to cover up her “normal” life in order to perpetuate the myth. Hewitt executive produces with Jeanie Bradley, executive at her Fedora Films. Mrs. G.’s Bigger Love stems from Fedora’s first-look deal with Lifetime. ~by Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com
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Reader Comments (112)
I am still sitting her just stunned. I am so happy for you.
Couldn't be happening to a nicer hussy!
Congratulations! I am definitely looking forward to watching this project unfold :). It's very exciting news!
i found out about this over on Facebook a few hours ago and yes....i do believe....i'm still kind of tingly!!!
(can't imagine what YOU must be feeling....must be downright orgasmic-like!!)
how effing cool is this, huh??? in march, you alluded to something happening.....damn. you and your poker face are good, you hussy, you!!!
so so SO very proud of you!!!
Thanks, Deb. It takes a hussy to know a hussy!
OMG, OMG, OMG! So exciting! Mrs. G in Hollywood! Dying to know the whole story, and just completely impressed that you were able to keep this under wraps for SO LONG. So happy for you.
Damn straight, babe!!!
Aw Mrs. G- a beacon in a bleak year for me. Your news really delights me. Splendid indeed!
Mrs G! Well done, well done, well done! Congratulations and felicitations and may this lead to you finally believing you are not a fraud and are in fact a fecking genius. Seriously.
I wish you the biggest jug of cocktails you've ever seen in your life.
This is richly, richly deserved. Enjoy it!
YEEEEEEHAWWWWW AND HOT DIGGIDY DOG!!!!! Fabulous news, Mrs. G!!! I am so excited for you!!!
And I used to think my life was like a Lifetime movie... Good stuff, Mrs. G. xoxoxoxo
I'm so excited for you. I can't wait to see the movie! I hope your epic road trip is worked into the script.
Oh my word!! This is AMAZING!!! BRAVA, Mrs. G!
CONGRATULATIONS MRS. G! How thrilling for you!
I am so, so proud of you and excited for you! This calls for a glittered sweatshirt from Michael's! :)
PS- I'd like to nominate Kathy Bates for the part of Derfwad Manor troll/hater. Nobody does scary-crazy like she does!
@Kelley - brilliant! Casting agents need look no further than the Manor for recommendations. Relax Hollywood, we've got this covered.
So glad for you!
oh, baby! Pack your bags the bus is going to Hollywood!
Wonderful, fabulous, and you decorated the house with lights.
How about adding a star!
Hugs Galore!
Woowweee!!! That's awesome Mrs G! Congratulations!!!
Dear Mrs. Gatticio,
I am SO happy for you and proud of what you've achieved!!!!
xo,
Jen
Can one be proud to know you, thrilled for your success and sick with jealousy at the same time?? I'm there, woman. Good on you!
Woot!
Yay! GREAT news! You'll have to keep us posted on air dates, etc. I'm going to have get cable installed for this one! And now I'm sort of regretting returning your man shoes to you last summer. I might have made a fortune off them on eBay one day...
This is so well deserved!!! What a way to wind up an epic year!
Congratulations! This is very inspiring!!!
DERF WATCHING PARTIES!!!!!
We must live-tweet or FB when it all goes down. I AM SO EXCITED!!!
BTW, when I showed this to my (always-skeptical) husband, and I reminded him of when I went to meet this "author friend" of mine over the summer, he's all, "Oh, she was for real, then?"
Boys.
Congrats!
Is this for real? Like, really real and not some holiday joke?
I'm so stunned and ecstatic for you I can barely type!!!!
WOWWEEEEE! This is incredible.
Congratulations Mrs. G!!
Amazing! Wonderful! Well deserved! Congratulations! I'm running out of words here but I am so excited for you.
Darla
love love love this! Finally!
I love you and your blog. although I've not had the good fortune to meet you, it really could not have happened to a more deserving, all around, nice person.
And, I'll proudly call myself a hussy when it includes the likes of Mrs. G & DebK.
So excited for you!!! I can't wait to watch it....so, will we get to play ourselves (smiley face)?
Holy Moly this is the best news ever! Congratulations!
I'm so excited !!! This will be such fun and I'm so happy for you!!!
Mrs. G,
I was just thinking about all of the lovely friends I have around the country and the world. These women give me heart. And somehow, they all came into my life through you. Your openness, your honesty, and your silliness have created more than a wonderful blog or two--you have created a safe place for us to be together. A woman's colony. A community.
All this to say, it couldn't happen to a nicer person.
I love you.
Karen
Wow, how exciting!!! Congratulations, Heather! What a wonderful affirmation of your writing.
Do you get to be involved in the movie project too? If you're coming to LA, you better look me up!
So. Very. Cool. I am in awe that you had such amazing news and were able to keep it so quiet! Congrats, Heather. I woke up Leah and Rae to tell them about this last night. Bad mother. Both of them are excited for you. Leah wants to know if you'll get to meet Mat Damon, lol.
Holy Schmolly this is the most awesome thing I've heard in a long time!! Congratulations Mrs. G!!!!
For any doubters, this is real. Found it mentioned in two other Hollywood spots on the Internet. Take that you trolls!!!
So, Mrs. G, did you ever imagine that your name and Jennifer Love Hewitt's name would be linked in any way ever?
All I can say is, champagne all around.
Congratulations! It couldn't happen to a nicer person. Well, you know, now that Mother Theresa is dead and all.
Hot Damn! So very happy for you!! Congrats!
Yippee!
Huzzah! Am grinning and pleased as punch for this to happen!
Love to you, Mrs. G!
amazing coverup, amazing news ... that pushes things up out of 6 category for sure!!! so freakin happy for you, i have to ... :).
Wonderful!!! Can't wait to see it. Have fun working on this and on meeting Brad, George and Matt!!! (one hopes that is how it works out!)
Still grinning from ear to ear since I heard the news last night. Can you hear me shouting "YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!?"
There. Now you are a REAL author worthy of a development project. HOT DAMN you are the REAL deal Mrs.G!!!! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
PS...I NEVER had any doubt, you have an insight, talent and sense of humor worthy of something good happening!
So exciting!! Congrats to you, Mrs. G!!!
And royalties are involved, yes?
More details, please! Many more! I have no idea how these blog-to-movie deals go. Agent contacts writer? Writer must be picked up off the floor?
Wow, how exciting!! Congratulations. Can't wait to hear more about the process and see the finished product. Very, very cool.
Whoa. Very exciting, but I got to say, you are much more attractive than that Jennifer H. Something woman - you should be in the box in everyone's living room instead.