{"id":7669,"date":"2017-04-25T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/my-name-is-leon-novel-optioned-for-tv\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T13:46:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:46:12","slug":"my-name-is-leon-novel-optioned-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/my-name-is-leon-novel-optioned-for-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"My Name is Leon Novel Optioned for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kit de Waal\u2019s best-selling novel<em> My Name is Leon<\/em> has been optioned for TV by Sir Lenny Henry\u2019s production company, Douglas Road Productions.<\/p>\n<p>Set in 1980s Britain, <em>My Name is Leon<\/em> tells the story of 9-year-old Leon discovering a new family where he least expects it. Douglas Road, which is part of Endemol Shine Group, licensed the broadcast rights.<\/p>\n<p>While recording the audio book for <em>My Name is Leon<\/em>, Henry rang his colleagues at Douglas Road and said: \u201cI\u2019m reading this novel called <em>My Name is Leon<\/em> and it\u2019s stealing my heart and refusing to give it back!\u201d He wanted to retell Leon\u00ad\u00ad\u2019s story for the screen because \u201cthere are so many young people out there that need their voice to be heard\u2014perhaps Leon\u2019s story will give them the courage to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Emile, the creative director of Douglas Road Productions, said, \u201cKit is an exciting new writing talent, bringing a unique insight to the type of diverse drama that defines the ambition of Douglas Road Productions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commented de Waal, \u201cWhen I heard Lenny Henry was doing the audiobook, I crept into the recording studio to listen. He wasn\u2019t only pitch perfect but I realized just from the way he spoke that he got it, he understood what was going on for Leon. So when he told me he was interested in bringing Leon to the screen I was absolutely delighted. There is no one better to bring Leon to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kit de Waal\u2019s best-selling novel My Name is Leon has been optioned for TV by Sir Lenny Henry\u2019s production company, Douglas Road Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1830,1831],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-douglas-road-productions","tag-my-name-is-leon","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Name is Leon Novel 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\/my-name-is-leon-novel-optioned-for-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Name is Leon Novel Optioned for TV - 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