Amazon MGM Studios is engaged on a restricted sequence adaptation of the ebook A Day of Hearth: A Novel of Pompeii. The sequence follows the lead as much as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, based on a report from Selection.
What do we all know concerning the A Day of Hearth restricted sequence?
The sequence will probably be written by Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst, who will even function government producers and showrunners for the undertaking. The ebook the sequence is predicated on was written by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Vicky Alvear.
Whereas it’s unknown simply how the sequence will go, the ebook follows a sequence of overlapping tales concerning the individuals dwelling 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.
“Pompeii was a vigorous resort flourishing within the shadow of Mount Vesuvius on the peak of the Roman Empire,” reads the official synopsis for the ebook. “When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the whole city can be destroyed. A few of its residents died within the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their tales.”
Hirst is greatest recognized 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 last 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: Variety)
