Monumental Television Options The Three Graces

Monumental Television has optioned the rights to The Three Graces, the latest book from British author Amanda Craig.

Development is set to start soon on an adaptation of the novel, which centers on three friends–Ruth, Diana and Marta–who have retired to the sunshine in Tuscany. Chaos ensues when one of their neighbors shoots a migrant from his bedroom one night.

Alison Owen, Monumental co-founder, said: “Screen rights to The Three Graces were highly sought after so I am delighted that we have been entrusted with bringing this brilliant story to television audiences. We have been fans of Amanda’s work for a long time, and this feels like the perfect novel for us to collaborate on.”

Craig said: “I am thrilled that the great Alison Owen, whose female-centered dramas I have loved and admired ever since she filmed Tamara Drewe and Jane Eyre, and whose recent TV shows like Harlots and Ghosts I absolutely devoured, has chosen to adapt The Three Graces. With her knowledge of both the dark and the light sides of Tuscany, her sense of humor and intelligent sympathy for the human condition, she is the perfect person to bring my three 80+ year old heroines to a wider audience.”