John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos has been adapted to film twice now, the first time in 1960 by Wolf Rilla, and then again by John Carpenter in 1995, and we've now learned it's being adapted once again, this time as a television series.
Deadline reports that David Farr, the British writer behind "The Night Manager" and "Hanna", is developing an eight-part adaptation of Wyndham’s sci-fi novel for Comcast-owned European broadcaster Sky.
"Wyndham’s 1957 story centers on the sleepy English village of Midwich, where a strange sequence of events culminates in the community’s women falling pregnant with alien children with glowing eyes and otherworldly powers. It ranks alongside The Day Of The Triffids as being one of Wyndham’s most iconic works."
The TV remake is housed at ITV Studios-backed Route 24, which is run by Arlington Road producer Marc Samuelson, and Snowed-In Productions, the sister company of Bronte Film and Television, which produces J.K Rowling dramas including "The Casual Vacancy" and "Strike".
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