‘The Dictionary Of Lost Words’: ‘The Tourist’ Co-Producer Highview Productions And Closer Productions To Adapt Pip Williams Bestselling Novel As Series
South Australian firms Highview Productions, known for BBC, Stan and HBO series , and Closer Productions have acquired the screen rights to the New York Times bestseller, which has sold 300,000 copies in Australia alone and has been translated into 28 languages.
The companies struck the deal with Anonymous Content, which made the agreement on behalf of Linda Kaplan at Kaplan/DeFiore Rights for Affirm Press. was also the first Aussie work to feature on Reese’s Book Club, the female-focused book list led by Reese Witherspoon.is set in the early 20th century and follows Esme, a motherless but curious girl who spends her time in the ‘Scriptorium’, a garden shed where her father and a team of lexicographers are preparing the first Oxford English Dictionary.
Highview Productions’ Lisa Scott and Closer Productions’ Rebecca Summerton will join forces to develop and adapt the book into a series. They previously worked together on Closer’s drama Anton Andreacchio is producer, with Alex Dimos, Andrew Nunn and writer Williams serving as executive producers. , in association with All3Media’s Two Brothers Pictures. Starring Jamie Dornan, it became BBC iPlayer’s most streamed original series.
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