Harry Potter creator's first adult novel explores the middle class English village of Pagford
JK Rowling with The Casual Vacancy
JK Rowling's novel The Casual Vacancy will be adapted for HBO and the BBC this summer, it has been revealed.
The BBC first announced that they would be making a television series based on the best-selling novel in 2012, but now HBO - home to the likes of Game of Thrones, True Blood and Girls - will co-produce the series for America.
Despite mixed reviews at the time of release The Casual Vacancy - which was the Harry Potter writer's first adult novel - stormed the best-seller lists across the world to become one of the top-selling novels of 2012.
The book follows the typically English village of Pagford following the death of councillor Barry Fairbrother. What looks to be an English idyll is soon to be revealed as a hotbed of secrets, prejudice and unexpected revelations.
The Mirror's reviewer gave the novel five stars, writing: "This is a novel about intervention and non-intervention, about prejudice, pretension, snobbery, NIMBYism and pettiness.
"It’s also about loving and caring, for both family and community, and trying to get that impossible balance right. Of course, Rowling didn’t have to write this novel but she has done a rather brave thing – and pulled it off magnificently."
Production of the series - which will be a three-part miniseries - will begin in South West England in the next few months.
Rowling will executive produce the show through production company Bronte Film and Television alongside her long-term editor Neil Blair, while Saving Mr Banks exec producer Paul Trijbits will helm the production.
EastEnders writer Sarah Phelps is rumoured to be writing the adaptation while Doctor Who director Jonny Campbell will be directing the miniseries.
News Source:www.mirror.co.uk
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