A book is sometimes even better when adapted for TV or a movie
BySeema Goswami
Mar 10, 2017 08:17 AM IST
The book’s the thing. And sometimes it’s even better when it is adapted for TV or a movie, writes Seema Goswami
If you are a fan of Elena Ferrante, and (like me) are suffering withdrawal pangs after having devoured every word she has ever written, then I have some good news for you. The Italian film and television production company, Wildside, has announced that it is working on adapting Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet into a TV series, along with producer Fandango. The series will be shot in Italy, and in Italian.
I am a tad nervous about how Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet (to be adapted into a TV series) and Jo Baker’s novel, Longbourn, (to be made into a movie) will survive the transition; the one author whose works I long to see on television is Georgette Heyer
One hopes a new film releasing next year based on a book acquired by Random House Studio and Focus Features doesn’t go down the