{"id":8960,"date":"2018-02-06T10:03:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/andrew-davies-adapt-john-updikes-rabbit-novels\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T12:01:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:01:13","slug":"andrew-davies-to-adapt-john-updikes-rabbit-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/andrew-davies-to-adapt-john-updikes-rabbit-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Davies to Adapt John Updike\u2019s Rabbit Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lookout Point has secured the rights to John Updike\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>Rabbit<\/em> novels, which will be adapted for TV by Andrew Davies.<\/p>\n<p>The novels center on the character of &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Angstrom, a former high-school basketball champion who fears his best days are behind him. Determined to escape his small-town life, Rabbit runs away from his wife and son and sets out to recapture the promise of his youth. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Rabbit\u2019s journey unfolds as America is shaping its own destiny.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rabbit<\/em> marks the fourth collaboration between Lookout Point and Davies, following on from his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy\u2019s <em>War and Peace<\/em>, as well as Victor Hugo\u2019s <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> and Vikram Seth\u2019s <em>A Suitable Boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Davies said: \u201cThis is such an important series of books for me. As a young man, I read\u00a0<em>Rabbit<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Run<\/em>\u00a0when it came out and thought: gosh, this is what life is all about. For me, no other writer examines the mundane, everyday details of life with such expressionistic, colorful, spiritual power. I have hoped for a long time to adapt Updike\u2019s novels and I\u2019m thrilled to embark on this journey now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faith Penhale, joint CEO and creative director at Lookout Point, said: \u201cIt is a huge honor to have won the rights and the support from the Updike estate, to bring these incredible novels to life for television. Updike captures the myth of the American Dream and longing for a better time so brilliantly through the experiences of Rabbit. The novels have resonated with readers since the \u201960s and the themes covered are equally relevant in today\u2019s challenging political and economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also delighted to place the adaptation of these books in Andrew\u2019s hands. He is a master at bringing complex characters and stories to life for television and, as a life-long fan of Rabbit, I know this is going to be an incredibly special and personal project for Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Vaughan, chairman and joint CEO of Lookout Point, said: \u201cWe were talking to Andrew about whether there was any great work of literature he had always wanted to adapt and Andrew said without breaking breath that it was Updike\u2019s <em>Rabbit<\/em> books. Following his adaptations of non-British epics, including <em>War and Peace<\/em>, <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> and <em>A Suitable Boy<\/em>, it seems perfectly logical for him to take on one of America\u2019s iconic titles, and we are thrilled to have been able to secure the rights from the estate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lookout Point has secured the rights to John Updike\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit novels, which will be adapted for TV by Andrew Davies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[113,110],"class_list":["post-8960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-andrew-davies","tag-lookout-point","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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