'Shantaram': Apple Nabs TV Series Adaptation Of Novel For Development
In a competitive situation, Apple has landed an international drama series project based on Gregory David Roberts' best-selling novel Shantaram, from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television, to develop for straight-to-series consideration.
Anonymous Content and Paramount TV earlier this year won a monthlong bidding war for the rights to Roberts' sprawling 2004 novel set in Australia and India about love, forgiveness, courage and redemption. A deal was also made for rights to Robert's sequel novel The Mountain Shadow.
The book, published in 39 languages in 42 territories worldwide with 6 million copies sold, tells the story of Lin, a man on the run from an Australian prison looking to get lost in the teeming city of Bombay. Cut off from family and friends by distance and fate, he finds a new life in the slums, bars and underworld of India. The novel is a thrilling and profound exploration of love, forgiveness, and courage on the long road to redemption.