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Prentice Penny & Mozhan Marnò Developing Series Adaptation Of Marjan Kamali’s ‘The Stationery Shop’ For HBO
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is the story of two lovers who are separated on the eve of their marriage in Tehran, following the coup d’etat in 1953, only to find themselves reuniting sixty years later. The book will be adapted into a TV series for HBO.
For The First Time, Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries Will Be Available To The Public
Patricia Highsmith’s diaries, first discovered after her death, will be published this fall. The volume, Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, will weigh in at nearly 1,009 pages, and is a whittled down collection from over 8,000 pages in material, edited by her long-time editor Anna von Planta. The edition spans her entire adult life.
‘Kindred’: Janicza Bravo To Direct, Newcomer Mallori Johnson To Star In FX Pilot Based On Octavia E. Butler Novel
Kindred is one of Octavia Butler’s most well-known novels, and it’s now getting its own adaptation. Janicza Bravo will direct the pilot, and Mallori Johnson will star as Dana, the young Black woman who finds herself yanked to the past, in the era of slavery in the American South, whenever a white slaveholder’s life is in danger so that she can save him. Production will begin this fall.