BBC TURNS 'THE LUMINARIES'
INTO GOLD RUSH EPIC TV SERIES
Here's a new period set project for us: BBC 2 is to turn Eleanor Catton's novel THE LUMINARIES into a six part TV series set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s 
South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush!
South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush!
The 2013 Man Booker Prize winner starts in 1865, following a defiant
young adventurer Anna Wetherell, who has sailed from Britain to New
Zealand to begin a new life. There she meets the radiant Emery Staines,
an encounter that triggers a strange kind of magic that neither can
explain. But Anna must survive the dangerous world, where shipwreck and
murder, blackmail and betrayal, greed, gold and false imprisonment all
conspire to keep her apart from Emery. The star-crossed lovers begin to
wonder: Do we make our fortunes, or do our fortunes make us?
MOVING 'LION' TRAILER
DAV PATEL & NICOLE KIDMAN
And the first trailer has been released for another adaptation, this time Saroo Brierley’s 2013 memoir A Long Way Home! LION follows the 5 year old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who becomes separated from his family after falling asleep on a parked train, and winds up 1,000 miles from his village in Calcutta. After learning to survive in Kolkata, Saroo is ultimately adopted by an Australian Couple (Nicole Kidman, David Wenham). But as he grows (Dev Patel), questions linger about the life he left behind. With the help of Google Earth, Saroo sets out to find his family. The movie is out November 25th! 
I've always liked Dev Patel in any movie in which I've seen him. Good actor and a handsome young man.
ReplyDeletethis hairstyle certainly does suit him well
DeleteIntriguing poster for Luminaries and Lion looks interesting.
ReplyDeletethat's just the book cover for Luminaries, I reckon it is a double cover with the upper front being perforated.
DeleteLuminaries sounds interesting and I am curious about Lion too. Both sound good!
ReplyDelete~Jess
two really great projects today!
DeleteI hope they show lots of that gorgeous New Zealand scenery!
ReplyDeleteshooting in just about anyone's backyard there would probably do it, methinks
DeleteLion should be a good flick, especially with that cast. I just hope they don't take too many liberties with the real story.
ReplyDeleteand that Nicole does not overact her role :)
DeleteWow, Lion looks like a powerfully moving story. I will definitely watch it.
ReplyDeleteindeed you must
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