James Norton To Star In ‘Wavewalker’ Series; ‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne Adapting Bestseller For TV — Series Mania
deadline.comJames Norton will take to the high seas and star in Wavewalker: Breaking Free, he revealed today at Series Mania. His production company Rabbit Track Pictures will produce the TV adaptation of the Suzanne Heywood bestseller and prolific scribe Jack Thorne is writing the series.
Deadline had the scoop on Rabbit Track optioning the book and Norton revealed his plans to star in the series today during a Series Mania masterclass with Rabbit Track, the Banijay-backed label that Norton runs alongside Kitty Kaletsky.
Heywood’s memoir turns on the story of how her parents took her, aged seven, on a trip sailing around the world. It became a grueling decade-long journey during which she was desperate to return home.
Norton is expected to play Heywood’s father. In other news, the Rabbit Trackers divulged another new project in the works during the session, which was hosted by Deadline.
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