‘The Mosquito Coast’ Author Paul Theroux Explains How A Third Season Renewal Of Apple TV+ Drama Would Lead To His 1981 Novel & Peter Weir’s Harrison Ford-Helen Mirren Film
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT: After an explosive Season Two finale of The Mosquito Coast, a decision looms imminently on whether Apple TV+ reups.
It so, the third season heads right into the territory of Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel that Peter Weir turned into a cult classic movie with Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix.
The one where Ford’s brilliant counterculture inventor Allie Fox becomes so obsessed with imposing a vision of utopia that he nearly takes down his family.
Here, the author discusses seeing his famed novel pre-quelized by Neil Cross (Luther), the improvements over his book, his nephew Justin starring, and why he’s so rooting for one more season. DEADLINE: How do you feel about the Fox family possibly heading down the same rabbit hole they did in the Peter Weir film, in search of utopia. PAUL THEROUX: I was delighted when Fremantle and Apple first picked it up at, and wondered how they would start.
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