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EW has a list of Television Shows currently being adapted or have been adapted from best-selling literary works (or pseudo-literary works) to air sometime in the near future.
1. The Nix -- developed by JJ Abrhams and Meryl Streep (which is an odd pairing)
about a videogame obsessed professor and his mother.
2. My Brilliant Friend -- Elena Ferrante - adapted by Severio Costanzo with Jennifer Schuur. Casting has started with Naples locals. (Tried to get into the book, couldn't. Don't like the writing style. But it may be a good series. About two friends who go different ways, and the fractures in their friendship.) To air on HBO.
3. Alias Grace -- Margaret Atwood -- about a 19th Century servant accused of murdering her employers. (I don't know, I don't like Atwood. She tends to make want to throw her books against the wall. I always get angry at her male characters, and often female ones. I think there's something in her writing that triggers rage in me? It's why I've been leery of watching the television adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale. I could barely make through the movie, and did not make it through the book.) -- Netflix -- Fall 2017, being adapted by Sarah Polley with Mary Harron (American Psycho) directing.
4. Dietland by Sarai Walker -- adapted by Marti Noxon for AMC. It's about a 300 pound woman named Plum who gets involved with a guerilla feminist group.
5. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, adapted by Kate Sinclair and John Brownlow. BBC and PBS co-produced. 17th Century Holland, historical drama. I've heard about it, actually I think my mother read it and told me the story, but I don't remember what it is about.
6. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, which is being adapted by Marti Noxon and Gillian Flynn into a limited series for HBO in 2018. Jean-Marc Vallee directs. Stars Amy Adams, Chris Messina, and Patricia Clarkson. (I don't like Gillian Flynn's writing or this genre, which I find misanthropic and also triggers me. So I don't know about this. I did not like the film, Gone Girl. Found it predictable and cliche.)
7. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) -- adapted by BBC One to air on HBO in the US. Apparently they are adapting the entire series of Coromoran Strike novels, with each one getting its own miniseries. Rowling is Executive Producer.
(I haven't read her mystery novels or anything but the Harry Potter. But it is interesting that everything she writes is adapted into a series and is a best-seller, isn't it?)
8. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawely by Hannah Tinti -- adapted by Jerz Butterworth, Matt Reeves and Michael Costigan (about how a man was shot and survived).
9. Swing Time - Zadie Smith -- adapted by Zadie Smith and her husband Nick Laird.
10. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead -- adapted/directed by Moonlight's Barry Jenkins, for Amazon. (This is about two people who escape through the underground railroad...and it doesn't end happily, apparently.)
11. You by Caroline Kepnes...adapted by Greg Berlanti (it's about a bookstore clerk turned stalker -- seriously? I think I'll skip.)
12. Today will be Different by Maria Semple -- adapted by Semple. Her first book, Where'd You Go Bernadette is being adapted into a film by Richard Linklater. To air on HBO. Starring Julia Roberts, who is also producing.
Hmm. I may need to get HBO Now on Streaming. Too many frigging things on HBO. (Although, I'm not sure about Marti Noxon, I've come to realize that I don't like her writing for some reason. Most of her episodes of Buffy and other series that I know she's written for, including UnReal did not work for me. She's obsessed with negative female relationships. And there's an underlying cruelty in her writing, or nastiness that turns me off. I don't know that may just be a reaction to the satire UnReal, which I tried and had to give up on. I am however curious about Semple's series, she was one of the writers for Arrested Development. And a few of the other one's listed such as The Minaturist.)
While I'd love to have my novel adapted, part of me is rather glad it's below the radar and never will be.
1. The Nix -- developed by JJ Abrhams and Meryl Streep (which is an odd pairing)
about a videogame obsessed professor and his mother.
2. My Brilliant Friend -- Elena Ferrante - adapted by Severio Costanzo with Jennifer Schuur. Casting has started with Naples locals. (Tried to get into the book, couldn't. Don't like the writing style. But it may be a good series. About two friends who go different ways, and the fractures in their friendship.) To air on HBO.
3. Alias Grace -- Margaret Atwood -- about a 19th Century servant accused of murdering her employers. (I don't know, I don't like Atwood. She tends to make want to throw her books against the wall. I always get angry at her male characters, and often female ones. I think there's something in her writing that triggers rage in me? It's why I've been leery of watching the television adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale. I could barely make through the movie, and did not make it through the book.) -- Netflix -- Fall 2017, being adapted by Sarah Polley with Mary Harron (American Psycho) directing.
4. Dietland by Sarai Walker -- adapted by Marti Noxon for AMC. It's about a 300 pound woman named Plum who gets involved with a guerilla feminist group.
5. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, adapted by Kate Sinclair and John Brownlow. BBC and PBS co-produced. 17th Century Holland, historical drama. I've heard about it, actually I think my mother read it and told me the story, but I don't remember what it is about.
6. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, which is being adapted by Marti Noxon and Gillian Flynn into a limited series for HBO in 2018. Jean-Marc Vallee directs. Stars Amy Adams, Chris Messina, and Patricia Clarkson. (I don't like Gillian Flynn's writing or this genre, which I find misanthropic and also triggers me. So I don't know about this. I did not like the film, Gone Girl. Found it predictable and cliche.)
7. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) -- adapted by BBC One to air on HBO in the US. Apparently they are adapting the entire series of Coromoran Strike novels, with each one getting its own miniseries. Rowling is Executive Producer.
(I haven't read her mystery novels or anything but the Harry Potter. But it is interesting that everything she writes is adapted into a series and is a best-seller, isn't it?)
8. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawely by Hannah Tinti -- adapted by Jerz Butterworth, Matt Reeves and Michael Costigan (about how a man was shot and survived).
9. Swing Time - Zadie Smith -- adapted by Zadie Smith and her husband Nick Laird.
10. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead -- adapted/directed by Moonlight's Barry Jenkins, for Amazon. (This is about two people who escape through the underground railroad...and it doesn't end happily, apparently.)
11. You by Caroline Kepnes...adapted by Greg Berlanti (it's about a bookstore clerk turned stalker -- seriously? I think I'll skip.)
12. Today will be Different by Maria Semple -- adapted by Semple. Her first book, Where'd You Go Bernadette is being adapted into a film by Richard Linklater. To air on HBO. Starring Julia Roberts, who is also producing.
Hmm. I may need to get HBO Now on Streaming. Too many frigging things on HBO. (Although, I'm not sure about Marti Noxon, I've come to realize that I don't like her writing for some reason. Most of her episodes of Buffy and other series that I know she's written for, including UnReal did not work for me. She's obsessed with negative female relationships. And there's an underlying cruelty in her writing, or nastiness that turns me off. I don't know that may just be a reaction to the satire UnReal, which I tried and had to give up on. I am however curious about Semple's series, she was one of the writers for Arrested Development. And a few of the other one's listed such as The Minaturist.)
While I'd love to have my novel adapted, part of me is rather glad it's below the radar and never will be.