Elizabeth Gilbert's novel `City of Girls` has been picked up by Warner Brothers for an on-screen adaptation. Sue Kroll has tapped `Masters of Sex` creator Mitchelle Ashford to pen the feature film screenplay. The book is set in the theater world of 1940s New York City, and is about a young woman's exploration of love, sex, self-discovery and friendship against a backdrop of the world of dazzling artistes, glamorous showgirls, and oversized theater personalities.

`City of Angels` is about a 19-year-old Vivian Morris, who, having been kicked out of Vassar College, is sent by her parents to live in Manhattan with her aunt. The latter just happens to own a crumbling midtown playhouse, and it's here where Vivian meets the people who will shape the rest of her life and where she makes a mistake that will lead to a new understanding.

Sue Kroll has said in a statement `I completely fell in love with Elizabeth Gilbert's City of Girls. She created an original, joyful and incredible world of daring characters so vividly painted that you genuinely feel the aspirations, thrill, and seduction of living in New York City in that era. And I couldn't be happier to have the much sought-after Michelle Ashford adapting this material, which is perfectly suited for her. I'm excited to make a fun and splashy film with strong, audacious female voices and this has it all, and more.`