{"id":17913,"date":"2022-11-29T10:26:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-survivors\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T10:26:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:26:24","slug":"yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow Bird UK, part of Banijay UK, has secured the rights to Alex Schulman\u2019s novel <em>The Survivors<\/em>, with plans to adapt it into a feature film.<\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by Gustaf Skarsg\u00e5rd (<em>Vikings<\/em>, <em>Westworld<\/em>), the adaptation, like the novel, traces the journey of three brothers to the lakeside cottage where they spent formative summers as children and where, over two decades before, a catastrophe changed the course of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The novel is told in dual narratives, with one timeline tracing backward from the story\u2019s finale and the other moving forward toward the moment of catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Berna Levin, creative director for Yellow Bird UK, said: \u201cAlex Schulman is an exceptionally talented writer\u2014a master of creating complex, layered and deeply relatable characters and building worlds that feel immediately accessible and real. His novel\u00a0<em>The Survivors<\/em>\u00a0is singularly one of the most captivating books I have ever read and unflinchingly explores tragedy, redemption and forgiveness to breathtaking effect. Gustaf Skarsg\u00e5rd, with decades of experience in front of the camera, is one of the most exceptional actors in the world\u2014bringing humanity, intrigue and passion to every role. I know Gustaf will do a terrific job of adapting <em>The Survivors<\/em> to the screen in his directorial debut, bringing his ability to deeply explore the human condition and will bring essential, raw energy to this exiting project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schulman said: \u201cI am overjoyed, for several reasons. Because <em>The Survivors<\/em>, which is a very special book for me, is going to become a film. And also because through Yellow Bird UK, it is set to become an international production. I am so happy to be working with the producer Berna Levin, whom I have known for a long time and consider one of the very best in the industry. And, of course, Gustaf. I worked with Gustaf at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and basically believe he is the very best actor of them all. But perhaps even more fascinating is his vision about storytelling. I have come to realize that he is as obsessed with storytelling as I am, and so it is a joy for me to leave him the job of translating this book to film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skarsg\u00e5rd added: \u201cThere is a meltdown at the very nucleus of this story. A tremendous volatile force that the sharp, intricate narrative structure seeks to tame. This creates a tension field upon which the strong story unfolds, one vivid image at a time. The cinematic potential is enormous. I consider this an extension of the artistic journey I started with Alex during the rehearsals of the play. I came to realize how well synchronized we were in both taste and vision. And even thematically, this story shares common ground with the play as they were conceived during the same period of his authorship. So this feels like a most natural evolution of a strong creative collaboration. And I\u2019m truly excited to bring it to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow Bird UK, part of Banijay UK, has secured the rights to Alex Schulman\u2019s novel The Survivors, with plans to adapt it into a feature film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5480,4555,5481,5482,5483,2850],"class_list":["post-17913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alex-schulman","tag-banijay-uk","tag-berna-levin","tag-gustaf-skarsgard","tag-the-survivors","tag-yellow-bird-uk","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - 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\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yellow Bird UK, part of Banijay UK, has secured the rights to Alex Schulman\u2019s novel The Survivors, with plans to adapt it into a feature film.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/YellowBirdUK-TheSurvivors-1122.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/\",\"name\":\"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/jamiestalcup\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - TVDRAMA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - TVDRAMA","og_description":"Yellow Bird UK, part of Banijay UK, has secured the rights to Alex Schulman\u2019s novel The Survivors, with plans to adapt it into a feature film.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/","og_site_name":"TVDRAMA","article_published_time":"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/YellowBirdUK-TheSurvivors-1122.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jamie Stalcup","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamie Stalcup","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/","name":"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors - TVDRAMA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-29T15:26:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/yellow-bird-uk-options-rights-for-the-survivors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yellow Bird UK Options Rights for The Survivors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/","name":"TVDRAMA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb","name":"Jamie Stalcup","description":"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/jamiestalcup\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}