HBO to develop ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’
HBO and Steven Moffat will adapt ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ for TV. Image: AFP Relaxnews
Having played with time in “Doctor Who”, Steven Moffat is set to continue his journey through the ages with the novel “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger. The adaptation will soon be landing at HBO.
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” was first published in 2003. The dramatic love story will be transformed into a TV series by HBO, which has previously scored with adaptations like “Game of Thrones” and “Big Little Lies”.
The novel recounts the love story of a couple whose daily lives are disrupted by the husband’s involuntary time travel. Navigating between the past and the present he encounters his wife at different moments of her life.
The author announced the green light for the show on Twitter:
As Henry would say: yowza! https://t.co/gzBnPIJZvo
— Audrey Niffenegger (@AANiffenegger) July 31, 2018
Steven Moffat, the man behind “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who”, has been tasked to write the adaptation, and to serve as the show’s executive producer alongside Sue Vertue and Brian Minchin.
“I read Audrey Niffenegger’s ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ many years ago, and I fell in love with it. In fact, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called ‘The Girl In The Fireplace’ as a direct response to it. When, in her next novel, Audrey had a character watching that very episode, I realised she was probably on to me. All these years later, the chance to adapt the novel itself is a dream come true. The brave new world of long form television is now ready for this kind of depth and complexity,” Moffat said in a statement.
Casting for the new series, to be produced by Warner Bros. Television and Hartswood Films, has yet to begin.
The news comes hot on the heels of another HBO series approved for development, “Euphoria”, which will feature actress Zendaya and be produced by rapper Drake. The pay television network is working hard to build on its reputation for high quality programming in the context of competition from Amazon and Netflix.
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” has previously been made into a film, directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana, which released in 2009. JB
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