Jack Thorne to Adapt A Tale of Two Cities

Jack Thorne is attached to write and executive produce a retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two Cities for Legendary Global, the newly formed TV venture from Legendary and Chris Albrecht.

The series is inspired by Dickens’ original publication of the novel as weekly chapters in a newspaper. Thorne, a multi-BAFTA- and Tony Award-winning writer, previously adapted Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials as a series for the BBC and HBO. His upcoming projects include The Eddy for director Damien Chazelle and Netflix, as well as Radioactive and The Secret Garden.

Legendary Global is a new venture focused on developing, financing and producing premium international scripted television.