NEW PERIOD SET SERIES
BASED ON THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON NOVEL
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| The novel is out April in UK, May in USA |
Another day, another new period set project for us: as Deadline reports, British
Drama Republic has won a heated battle for
Sarah Collins'
THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON which is out this spring in bookshops. It explores the beautiful and haunting tale about one woman’s fight to tell her story.
The book is set in early 19th century London with the plot following
heroine, Frannie, a slave turned servant who travels with her owner from
a Jamaican plantation to 1800s London, where she finds herself accused
of the brutal murder of her master and mistress. Sarah Collins' debut
novel will be turned into a mini TV series by the Doctor Foster and
Black Earth Rising producer.
'THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS'
TO BECOME EPIC TV SERIES
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| Paramount TV is preparing the adaptation |
Meanwhile,
Paramount Television has teamed up with
The Alienist producer
Cary Fukunaga and
The Watchmen director
Nicole Kassell to turn
James Fenimore Cooper's classic historical novel
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS into new period set mini TV series! With the script penned by Fukunaga and Kassell behind the helm,
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS series will be a retelling of Cooper’s novel about French and Indian Seven Years War that re-centres the classic tale on the unlikely romance between Uncas, a young Mohican, and Cora, the mixed race daughter of a British colonel.
I hope the mini-series of "The Last of the Mohicans" is better than that bad movie with Daniel Day-Lewis.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that one but I bet it was pathetic! I do love Madeleine Stowe, though.
DeleteI agree with Debra. The movie was downright awful! We had to watch it in school and it was just not a pleasant experience.
ReplyDeleteI do like that book cover!
PS, one more happy birthday hurrah for you before I'm off to bed. I hope you didn't work the whole day away!
DeleteI did, all day long and a horrid book as well :) And I'm working today all day long too!
DeletePlan ahead for next year. I better hear about you not working the whole day away and there better be some hot stud muffin mixed into the story as well!
DeleteI think it is easier for me to work than not, I'd get super depressed if I wasn't working, especially in the birthday week. Work is the only thing that makes me feel valuable in any way.
DeleteWaiting for the epic "The Last of the Mohicans", can be sooooooooooo nice!
ReplyDeleteTwill be interesting to see the casting!
DeleteBoth TV mini series are based on powerful, complex, and timeless materials such as: slavery, mixed races,clash of civilization, love, crime, war.
ReplyDeleteWith the right cast they'll become and stay memorable cinematic gems.
Happy Birthday to You!
Slavery seems to be a new trend in historical mini series. We had Last Song on Jamaica slaves this winter and also Underground and Roots before that.
DeleteThank you!
The book sounds incredibly good plus the cover is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe do love rich floral covers!
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