J.K. Rowling is working hard to translate nearly everything she has written to the small or big screen. That now includes her Robert Galbraith crime novels, which will be adapted into a TV series for BBC One.
The network announced today that the adaptation of The Cuckoo’s Calling, which is the first in Rowling’s Corman Strike series, will make up the first season of the show. Rowling will be heavily involved in the project, which will be produced by Bertone Film and TV.
“We’re delighted to be bringing these best-selling novels to the screen and to be working once again alongside the BBC,” Neil Blair, Chair of Brontë, said in a statement.
“‘It’s a wonderful coup for BBC Television to be bringing J.K. Rowling’s latest books to the screen,” Danny Cohen, Director of BBC Television added. “With the rich character of Cormoran Strike at their heart, these dramas will be event television across the world,”
The studio hasn’t decided how many episodes the first season will run yet.
Rowling has published the Corman Strike novels under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym. She has already written a sequel to Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, which was published this year.
In addition to the Corman Strike series and the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them trilogy Rowling is writing for Warner Bros., she also teamed up with the BBC for a series based on The Casual Vacancy. It will air on HBO in the U.S. and premieres next year. She is also writing more Harry Potter stories for Pottermore.
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