Television production company Fremantle Media has teamed up with Fandango Productions to co-develop and co-produce a television adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s popular quartet of books, The Neapolitan Novels. The story will unfold over four eight-part series and will be shot in Italy.
Portraying life in 1950s Naples through the lives of friends Elena and Lila, the books have been a literary sensation, appearing on the New York Times ‘Best 10 books of 2015’ list and drawing admirers as far-flung as James Franco. The novels depict the close relationship of the two women amid a backdrop of radical feminism and corruption.
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