Amazon MGM Studios is engaged on a restricted collection adaptation of the guide A Day of Hearth: A Novel of Pompeii. The collection follows the lead as much as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in keeping with a report from Selection.
What do we all know in regards to the A Day of Hearth restricted collection?
The collection will probably be written by Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst, who can even function government producers and showrunners for the venture. The guide the collection is predicated on was written by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Vicky Alvear.
Whereas itβs unknown simply how the collection will go, the guide follows a collection of overlapping tales in regards to the folks residing in Pompeii within the lead as much as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The tales all concentrate on day-to-day life in Pompeii earlier than its tragic destruction.
βPompeii was a vigorous resort flourishing within the shadow of Mount Vesuvius on the peak of the Roman Empire,β reads the official synopsis for the guide. βWhen Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the complete city can be destroyed. A few of its residents died within the chaos, some escaped the mountainβs wrath . . . and these are their tales.β
Hirst is greatest identified for creating the historic tv exhibits Vikings, The Tudors, and Billy the Child, all of which have been critically acclaimed, and the latter of which was renewed for a 3rd and ultimate season at MGM+. He additionally served as the author for Elizabeth and was co-writer for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, each of which starred Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I of England.
(Supply: Selection)