{"id":19986,"date":"2024-01-18T10:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T15:45:19","slug":"hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Hera Pictures Scores Rights to The Whalebone Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hera Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a TV adaptation of Joanna Quinn\u2019s best-selling historical novel <em>The Whalebone Theatre<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The coming-of-age book begins in the \u201920s, when a young girl builds a play theater from the bones of a whale that has washed up on shore\u2014technically a crime, since the whale, by law, belongs to the king. She grows into a headstrong young woman and becomes a British secret agent during World War II, a much more dangerous form of acting than what she grew up doing in the Whalebone Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Hera Pictures has adapted various novels, including Megan Hunter\u2019s <em>The End We Start From<\/em>, starring Jodie Comer, and DC Moore\u2019s<em> Mary &amp; George<\/em>, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fell in love with Jo\u2019s gorgeous book from the moment it began\u2014a family epic, a coming-of-age chronicle, a spy thriller and a tangled romance, The Whalebone Theatre is written with such warmth, poignancy and humor,\u201d said Liza Marshall, founder of Hera Pictures. \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that it is a global bestseller. Jo puts the changing role of women center stage, and her book is perfect for a television adaptation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quinn added, \u201cI am so excited by the thought of The Whalebone Theatre appearing on screen. Countless people who have read the book have told me they would love to see it as a TV series, and I am delighted that Hera Pictures have acquired the rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hera Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a TV adaptation of Joanna Quinn\u2019s best-selling historical novel The Whalebone Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1849,8385,8386,8387],"class_list":["post-19986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hera-pictures","tag-joanna-quinn","tag-liza-marshall","tag-the-whalebone-theatre","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hera Pictures Scores Rights to The Whalebone Theatre - 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\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hera Pictures Scores Rights to The Whalebone Theatre - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hera Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a TV adaptation of Joanna Quinn\u2019s best-selling historical novel The Whalebone Theatre.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-18T15:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-18T15:45:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/HeraPictures-TheWhaleboneTheatre-0124-e1705592716186.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\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\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/\",\"name\":\"Hera Pictures Scores Rights to The Whalebone Theatre - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-18T15:44:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-18T15:45:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hera-pictures-scores-rights-to-the-whalebone-theatre\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hera Pictures Scores Rights to The Whalebone Theatre\"}]},{\"@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. 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