Exclusive: Don DeLillo’s novel Libra, a speculative account of the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy interwoven with the life story of his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, is being adapted for television.
Deadline understands that Spectrum Originals is developing a limited series adaptation of the book with American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, Wolf Hall producer Playground and Paul Giamatti’s Touchy Feely Films, the company behind AMC’s Lodge 49.
It is the latest high-profile book in development at the Charter Communications-backed pay-tv operator after Deadline revealed last year that it was working on an adaptation of William J Mann’s 2014 book Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, And Madness At The Dawn of Hollywood.
Libra, which was first published in 1988, blends fact and fiction to tell the story of the JFK assassination, one of the most mythologized events in American history, and explores the U.S.’s obsession with and relationship to conspiracy.
Deadline understands that Spectrum Originals is developing a limited series adaptation of the book with American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, Wolf Hall producer Playground and Paul Giamatti’s Touchy Feely Films, the company behind AMC’s Lodge 49.
It is the latest high-profile book in development at the Charter Communications-backed pay-tv operator after Deadline revealed last year that it was working on an adaptation of William J Mann’s 2014 book Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, And Madness At The Dawn of Hollywood.
Libra, which was first published in 1988, blends fact and fiction to tell the story of the JFK assassination, one of the most mythologized events in American history, and explores the U.S.’s obsession with and relationship to conspiracy.
- 1/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Barack Obama is back with his annual Summer reading list, and this year's book selection has something for everyone. In addition to highlighting "the collected works" of the late Toni Morrison, the former president recommended a variety of books and short stories, including The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead and American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson, on Instagram on Wednesday. "It's August, so I wanted to let you know about a few books I've been reading this Summer, in case you're looking for some suggestions," he wrote. "To start, you can't go wrong by reading or re-reading the collected works of Toni Morrison. Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Sula, everything else - they're transcendent, all of them. You'll be glad you read them." How many have you read so far?
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- 8/17/2019
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
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