By Andreas Wiseman International Editor U.S. financier-producer Black Bear Pictures has optioned the rights to Irish writer Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times ahead of its U.S.
release on June 2, 2020. Following a successful release in the UK and Ireland in April, where it debuted on the Sunday Times Best-Sellers List, the novel has been picked up by Black Bear Television, which will develop and produce the novel as a premium series.
According to Black Bear’s synopsis, the story “follows the liaisons of Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, who spends her days teaching English to rich children.
Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she
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