Finding Her Edge

Now we got Fake Skating.

Finding Her Edge.

Finding Her Edge, yes.

Teenage romance sports drama.

There's just, like, there's just, who knew how many, like, uh, that hockey-

It is.

Haley's philosophy, and really the philosophy driving the most successful adaptations right now, is that the goal isn't replication.

The goal is to create two honest versions of the same core story meant to live side by side.

He calls them companion pieces, right?

Exactly.

They are buying it to expand their habitation of that universe.

I think that framing diffuses so much of the tension around adaptations.

They are in dialogue with each other.

Oh, I know what you're gonna say.

First, we have Netflix's Finding Her Edge, based on Jennifer Iacopelli's YA novel.

It's set in the intense, high-stakes world of competitive ice dancing.

Ice dancing.

Okay, let's hear it.

Look at the timeline of these productions.

Finding Her Edge was officially renewed for a second season just one week after it premiered.

Right.