Nick Cave novel ‘The Death Of Bunny Munro’ gets TV adaptation starring Matt Smith

nme.com:

Nick Cave’s novel, The Death Of Bunny Munro.The actor, known for roles in Doctor Who and House Of The Dragon, will also executive produce the six-part series alongside Cave.

Isabella Eklöf (Industry) will direct the Sky Original series, from a screenplay written by Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy).Per a press release, a synopsis for the show reads: “Following his wife Libby’s suicide, sex addict, door-to-door beauty product salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro finds himself saddled with a young son and only a loose concept of parenting.

Together with nine-year-old Bunny Junior he embarks on an epic and increasingly out-of-control road trip across Southern England as the two struggle to contain their grief in very different ways.“As Bunny bounces from one sales pitch to the next, trying to seduce any woman he meets, Bunny Junior kills time talking to the ghost of his mother and distracting himself from the dawning realisation that his dad isn’t just fallible, he’s a fucking mess.

As he starts to unravel, Bunny realises he must do something to rescue his son from his own outdated notions of what it is to be a man.