Ben Phillips' blog and e-book
Diary of an Uber Driver was optioned for development as a TV series by RevLover Films' Martha Coleman.
Thomas Ward, co-writer of and actor in
Please Like Me, wrote the TV series after reading the blog, creating a different backstory for Ben but borrowing ideas from some of the stories of the passengers. Sam Cotton was recruited to play the lead character and Zahra Newman the mother of his unborn child. The series was supported by
Screen Australia,
Create NSW and
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