{"id":18658,"date":"2023-05-11T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pharmacist-optioned-compact-pictures\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:31:29","slug":"the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pharmacist Optioned by Compact Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John McKay\u2019s Glasgow-based indie Compact Pictures is developing an adaptation of Rachelle Atalla\u2019s <em>The Pharmacist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Atalla is attached to adapt the female-led psychological novel at Compact. It focuses on a group of bunker-dwelling survivors in a post-nuclear world.<\/p>\n<p>McKay, CEO and lead producer at Compact Pictures, noted: \u201c<em>The Pharmacist <\/em>is a stand-out novel and will make an atmospheric, claustrophobic adaptation\u2014in the lo-fi, speculative vein of <em>Children of Men<\/em>, but with a strong female perspective. We are thrilled to be working directly with Rachelle; she is a charismatic, original and dynamic storytelling voice with striking and timely things to say about women, their bodies and the politics of control. Her story also has some uniquely British DNA, and it\u2019s no coincidence that she has been compared to George Orwell. Even though it\u2019s early days, we have high hopes for this project: the story is exceptionally strong, and it readily opens itself to diverse casting and distinctive visual styling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atalla added: \u201cI am delighted to be working with John, Laura and the team at Compact to bring my first novel to the screen. Even though we are just getting started, they have an incredible vision for my work and it\u2019s an exciting prospect for me to turn the book into a screenplay and then see it come alive on screen. And it\u2019s particularly satisfying to be doing all of this out of Scotland too!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McKay\u2019s Glasgow-based indie Compact Pictures is developing an adaptation of Rachelle Atalla\u2019s The Pharmacist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":18659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6678,6679,6680,6681],"class_list":["post-18658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-compact-pictures","tag-john-mcvay","tag-rachelle-atalla","tag-the-pharmacist","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Pharmacist Optioned by Compact Pictures - 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\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Pharmacist Optioned by Compact Pictures - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John McKay\u2019s Glasgow-based indie Compact Pictures is developing an adaptation of Rachelle Atalla\u2019s The Pharmacist.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T13:29:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T15:31:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/ThePharmacist_RachelleAtalla-523.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/\",\"name\":\"The Pharmacist Optioned by Compact Pictures - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-11T13:29:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-11T15:31:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-pharmacist-optioned-by-compact-pictures\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Pharmacist Optioned by Compact Pictures\"}]},{\"@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\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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