{"id":13241,"date":"2020-05-29T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/naoise-dolans-exciting-times-optioned-tv\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:19:26","slug":"naoise-dolans-exciting-times-optioned-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/naoise-dolans-exciting-times-optioned-for-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Naoise Dolan\u2019s Exciting Times Optioned for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Bear Pictures (<em>The Imitation Game<\/em>, <em>Mudbound<\/em>, <em>Suburbicon<\/em>) has optioned the rights to Naoise Dolan\u2019s debut novel, <em>Exciting Times<\/em>, ahead of its U.S. release on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>Black Bear Television will develop and produce <em>Exciting Times<\/em> as a series for TV. The story follows the liaisons of Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, who spends her days teaching English to rich children, and Julian, a banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her.<\/p>\n<p>The novel was released in the U.K. and Ireland in April, where it debuted on the Sunday Times Best-Sellers List.<\/p>\n<p>Black Bear\u2019s president and CEO, Teddy Schwarzman, said: \u201cWe immediately fell in love with Naoise\u2019s honest, wry, and intelligent prose, and her ability to depict remarkably complex yet utterly relatable characters. We believe Naoise is an extraordinary voice, with a huge future ahead of her, and Black Bear is honored to play a part in bringing her rich material to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dolan said: \u201cI think my love of dialogue is clear from the book, so I\u2019m thrilled to partner with Black Bear to bring the characters to a TV audience, and even more so to be involved as an executive producer. Black Bear is discerning, independent-minded, and very engaged with the novel, so it will be a privilege to work together on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Bear Pictures (The Imitation Game, Mudbound, Suburbicon) has optioned the rights to Naoise Dolan\u2019s debut novel, Exciting Times, ahead of its U.S. release on June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3885],"class_list":["post-13241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-black-bear-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naoise Dolan\u2019s Exciting Times Optioned for TV - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/naoise-dolans-exciting-times-optioned-for-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naoise Dolan\u2019s Exciting Times Optioned for TV - 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