LOS ANGELES, Nov 2 ― The American channel is interested in making a series out of one of the famous crime writer’s best-selling novels, according to Deadline.com.
To adapt Gone for Good into a screenplay for a TV series of the same name, NBC has turned to former “Desperate Housewives” producer and writer Alexandra Cunningham, who is simultaneously working on a reboot of “Murder, She Wrote” for the channel.
Published in 2002 in the US, Gone for Good touches on Harlan Coben’s signature themes surrounding appearances and deception. The book’s protagonist, Will Klein, sees his world fall apart in one day, when his fiancée disappears and his brother, who was accused of rape and murder 11 years earlier, returns to his life. After being framed for murder and manipulated, Will must stand up to the mafia and the authorities to clear his name.
The forthcoming NBC series will not be the first screen adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel: French director Guillaume Canet adapted Tell No One into the critically acclaimed film “Ne le dis à personne” in 2006. An American remake of the film has long been in the works, but the project was placed on the back burner last summer after the departure of Ben Affleck, who was slated to direct.
The film rights to “The Woods,” “Six Years,” “Stay Close,” and “Long Lost” are making the rounds in Hollywood, but without leading to any definite plans for the time being. ― AFP-Relaxnews
