'Under the Dome' to go to TV
On Friday, we heard that Stephen King’s Under the Dome had been optioned by DreamWorks TV as an “event series.” I think the new novel is extremely well-suited to a miniseries format and can’t wait to...
View ArticleTV deals from Bohjalian and VanLiere
Chris Bohjalian Variety reports that we have a couple of very different TV adaptations to anticipate from Craig Anderson Productions: Chris Bohjalian’s Secrets of Eden and Donna VanLiere’s The...
View ArticleA Cornwell adaptation—finally
Patricia Cornwell fans have been waiting a long time for a movie; she’s been writing crime novels since 1991, and Scarpetta adaptations have been rumored for years. In April, the wait is over—sort of....
View Article‘Country Bunny’ coming to TV
Du Bose Heyward’s classic 1939 picture book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes—in which a mother bunny dreams of being an Easter Bunny–will be adapted into a series of animated holiday...
View Article‘The Prince of Tides’ . . . on TV?
Last week Deadline Hollywood reported that ABC is developing a series adaptation of Pat Conroy’s The Prince of Tides. Here are some details from correspondent Nellie Andreeva: I hear the hourlong...
View ArticleAnother small screen adaptation for Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris (and “True Blood”) fans rejoice! The author’s Harper Connelly books are being adapted into a series for CBS called “Grave Sight.” Here’s more from Variety: “Grave Sight”—titled after...
View ArticleSittenfeld’s saga is made for TV?
That’s what ABC executives seem to think, anyway—they’ve picked up Sisterland for their network’s lineup. The show will be written and produced by Fake Empire, a company headed by the creators of “The...
View ArticleJo Nesbø’s ‘Headhunters’ coming to HBO
HBO is developing an hour-long adaptation of Norwegian author Jo Nesbø’s 2008 standalone crime novel Headhunters, a dark thriller about art theft and a corporate headhunter who becomes the hunted....
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