Joe Otterson TV ReporterVerve has signed author Emily St. John Mandel for book-to-screen rights, Variety has learned exclusively.Mandel is an author and novelist.
She published the novel “Station Eleven” in 2014. The book was shortlisted for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
It is currently being adapted into a 10-episode limited series for HBO Max.“Station Eleven” takes place In the near future in a world ravaged by the effects of a virus.
The series follows a troupe of Shakespearian actors who travel from town to town around the Great Lakes region. Patrick Somerville is adapting the book for the screen with Hiro Murai onboard to direct.
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