NEW ADAPTATIONS: ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE SERIES AT NETFLIX, THE BUSINESS FROM POLDARK PRODUCERS, HOUSE OF SECRETS AT DISNEY +, CHARLES DANCE, PETER MULLEN JOIN NESBO'S HANGING SUN

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

TV SERIES AT NETFLIX

 

Netflix will produce the series

It has been announced a couple of times before, but Anthony Doerr's ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE has been officially greenlit for series adaptation at Netflix where the four part series will be produced by Shawn Levy and Steven Knight. The series tells the story of Marie Laure, a teenager who is blind, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II! The world wide search for the, possibly blind, lead has already started. The book won Pulitzer Prize in 2015 and has been sold in almost ten million copies around the globe so far.

 

  IAIN BANKS THE BUSINESS  

TV SERIES VERSION

Speaking of adaptations, Poldark producer Tom Mullens will adapt Iain Banks' thriller novel THE BUSINESS into a TV series following Kate

The Business is becoming a series

Telman, a working class Glaswegian who has risen through the ranks to become a senior executive in a secretive super corporation, known only as The Business. Telman discovers that The Business is planning to buy a small country in order to secure a seat on the UN and that, despite the benevolent image and democratic structure it presents to the world, the company will stop at nothing to increase its influence. So begins a dangerous personal reckoning as Telman travels the globe from Scotland to the Swiss Alps, the American Midwest, Pakistan and the Himalayas, determined to uncover the conspiracy at the heart of the shady company she works for. 

 

  THE HANGING SUN ADS  

CHARLES DANCE, PETER MULLEN

Midnight Sun becomes Hanging Sun

Over at Sky, Charles Dance and Peter Mullen have joined Jessica Brown Findlay, Alessandro Broghi and Sam Spruell in the movieadaptation of Jo Nesbo's THE HANGING SUN a noir thriller set in a part of Norway where religion dominates, the sun never sets, and local residents seem to be from a different era. The film follows John, a man on the run because he has betrayed his powerful crime lord father, Dad. To escape from his family, John heads north and takes refuge deep in the forest near an isolated village. The only thing standing between John and his destiny are Lea, a woman facing hardship with a great deal of strength, and her son Caleb, a curious, pure hearted boy.

  HOUSE OF SECRETS  

TELEVISION SERIES AT DISNEY +

And in our four adaptation for today, Disney + is preparing action adventure fantasy series adaptation of Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus' book

Disney + is producing the series

HOUSE OF SECRETS which he will direct himself. The story revolves around siblings Brendan, Eleanor and Cordelia Walker, who aren’t pleased when their family relocates to a creepy Victorian house once owned by an occult novelist, Denver Kristoff. By the time the Walkers realize that their new neighbor has sinister plans for them, they’re trapped in the magical house, traveling through the fantastical intertwined universes of Kristoff’s novels.

SAM REID IS LESTAT IN AMC'S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE TV SERIES! JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, SAM SPRUELL, ALESSANDRO BORGHI TO LEAD SKY'S HANGING SUN JO NESBO ADAPTATION

 INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SAM REID TO LEAD TV SERIES 

Our dearest Sam Reid will be Lestat!

All of you who follow spy know that he is one of our dearest faves: Sam Reid has been cast as Lestat in AMC's TV series adaptation of Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE! The eight episode series will start shooting later this year! The story follows Louis who, born as an 18th century lord, is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat, a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict. AMC has adaptation rights on other Rice's books too on vampires.

  SKY'S THE HANGING SUN 

UNVEILS A BEAUTIFUL CAST

Speaking of dark tales, Sky has announced cast for their new original film THE HANGING SUN which follows John (Alessandro Borghi), a fugitive. He finds refuge in the forest, near an isolated village of the extreme north, where religion dominates, the sun never sets and people seem to belong

Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay will take the leads

to another age. The only person between him and his destiny is Lea (Jessica Brown Findlay), a woman in trouble but with great strength, and his son Caleb a curious child with a pure heart. While the midnight sun confuses reality and imagination, John will have to face the tragic past that torments him. Sam Spruell has also been cast in the film based on Jo Nesbo's Midnight Sun.