HBO To Adapt 'Swamplandia'

HBO is adapting another book! This time it's "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Rudin is on board to adapt Russell's book into a half-hour comedy. Rudin is also a producer on HBO's forthcoming adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's family epic, "The Corrections."

The author will consult, and the project is also seeking a writer to join the show.

"Swamplandia!" is the name of a strange tourist attraction in the wilds of Florida, owned by the Bigtree family. The Bigtrees are alligator wrestlers. Tween daughter Ava is the main character of the tale, which follows her on her adventures through the murky mystical underground world of the swamps. There will be ghosts.

What critically acclaimed novel will HBO nab next?

(via THR)

Comments

[franplatt]

05:28 PM on 10/22/2011

Why is AOL calling 'Swamplandia' a 'children's book'? Just because it has a young narrator? It is not aimed at the children's or even the YA market.

[littleflowerpot]

02:01 AM on 10/23/2011

That's exactly what I was thinking as I read this. Swamplandia, a wonderful book, is definitely NOT a children's book.

[Clairvoyant94]

05:14 PM on 10/22/2011

I reached this article from a link on the AOL homepage which read, "Children's Book Gets Its Own TV Show." That should be changed, because this is most definitely NOT a children's book. I absolutely love this story and I just can't see it as a half-hour comedy, but hopefully Rudin manages to surprise me and do it justice.