Deadline has reported that Jessica Chastain, through her cutely named production company Freckle Films, has beaten out several others to the TV rights to Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers. The School for Good Mothers, published this week by Simon & Schuster, is Chan’s debut novel; Chan’s short stories have been published in Tin […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-01-05 16:49:39 UTC ]
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Deadline has reported that Jessica Chastain, through her cutely named production company Freckle Films, has beaten out several others to the TV rights to Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers. The School for Good Mothers, published this week by Simon & Schuster, is Chan’s debut novel;... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-01-05 16:49:39 UTC ]
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Stephanie Land's second memoir, 'Class,' a sequel to her blockbuster debut, 'Maid,' follows her journey to get an education — and holds readers at a distance. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-31 10:00:21 UTC ]
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Something evil this way comes to Netflix this month: 'The School for Good and Evil,' based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Soman Chainani, which launched a bestselling book series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At Electric Literature, Diane Cooke speaks to Jessamine Chan about The School for Good Mothers, Chan’s incisive debut novel that revolves around how a young mother’s error lands her in a government reform program and at risk of losing custody of her child. They discuss one of Chan’s main... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2022-01-18 21:30:56 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has signed a TV option deal for Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series with Bafta award-winning producers Lime Pictures, described as "an incredible milestone for Muslim representation in children’s programming". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 19:45:34 UTC ]
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Exciting adaptation news: A24 and Rhombus Media have optioned the rights to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning debut novel about a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who serves as a communist double agent after the fall of Saigon. The novel is being developed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-04-07 14:34:36 UTC ]
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Synchronicity Films is developing a limited series based on Andrew O'Hagan’s Mayflies, with screenwriter Andrea Gibb on board to adapt the novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 09:40:11 UTC ]
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Comedian Njambi McGrath’s memoir Through the Leopard’s Gaze (Jacaranda) has been optioned by production company Expectation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 14:48:59 UTC ]
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HQ has acquired a memoir by the co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party Catherine Mayer and her mother Anne Mayer Bird, written after they were both widowed within weeks of each other just before the Covid-19 lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 14:16:03 UTC ]
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Empty Room Productions has optioned The Blackheath Séance Parlour (Cutting Edge Press, 2019) by Alan Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 01:31:08 UTC ]
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Black Bear Pictures has optioned Naoise Dolan's debut novel Exciting Times for television. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:51:46 UTC ]
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Independent production company The Lighthouse has optioned Juno Dawson's YA trilogy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 00:45:39 UTC ]
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Nikki Smith's psychological thriller All in Her Head has been optioned for television by Palma Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 14:51:07 UTC ]
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Suranne Jones will produce and star in an adaptation of five-time boxing champion Jane Crouch’s memoir The Final Round (Pitch). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-13 13:45:31 UTC ]
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Janice Hadlow's début novel, The Other Bennet Sister, has been optioned for TV by Bad Wolf. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-12 22:44:25 UTC ]
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Open Mike Productions, the production company behind “Live at the Apollo” and “The Last Leg”, has optioned journalist James Felton’s 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend (Sphere) for a comedy TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 05:26:52 UTC ]
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The team who launched the "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" franchises have acquired the film and TV rights to Rules for Vanishing (Walker) by Kate Alice Marshall. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 02:34:37 UTC ]
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Author and ex-police detective Caroline Mitchell’s thriller Truth and Lies (Amazon Publishing) has been optioned for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-27 01:46:12 UTC ]
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Tiger Aspect Productions has optioned mystery novels and computer game Knights and Bikes for an animated TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-20 08:15:03 UTC ]
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Christi Daugherty’s YA thriller series Night School (Little, Brown) has been optioned for TV by the Intellectual Property Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 15:06:18 UTC ]
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