20th Television has signed the Vanity Fair contributing editor and her aptly named production company to a first-look producing deal.
As its title suggests, Impeachment will chronicle the events that led to the first impeachment of a sitting president in over a century.
“As our team has gotten to know Monica through her involvement with our upcoming edition of American Crime Story, we’ve been very impressed with her instincts as a producer, and her desire to bring provocative, untold stories to the screen.
In recent years, Lewinsky has successfully rebranded herself as a writer, speaker and activist, a shift that began with a widely praised 2014 essay for Vanity Fair, in which she re-examined her personal experiences at the center of the 1998 media maelstrom and detailed her own struggles in its aftermath.
In the years since, Lewinsky’s advocacy work has centered on creating a safer social media environment and often addresses topics including digital resilience, privacy and cultivating compassion online.
“I’m interested in storytelling that is entertaining, thought-provoking and emotion-stirring — that moves a conversation forward by exploring the human condition from an unexpected lens.