Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is to star in the limited TV series The Ambassador's Wife from The Mark Gordon Company. Hathaway will also produce the TV adaptation of Jennifer Steil's novel of the same name, with MGC financing and producing the project after optioning the book rights. Inspired by her experiences as the wife of the British ambassador to Yemen, Steil?s novel portrays the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband must make to possibly be reunited. The Ambassador?s Wife is the first TV project from the indie studio formed by MGC and Entertainment One, which will distribute internationally.