Each would be six to ten episodes, I think.'Īfter three historical fiction novels, it was an idea that had been 'niggling' at her for a while that sparked her move towards writing thrillers and murder mysteries. 'They're talking about a Big Little Lies type format, each one would be about an hour high production value and quite glossy. They've got the TV/film rights, so it's not that they definitely won't make a film - it's just they're focusing on TV. But then they've got The Guest List as well, a kind of second series. They've got a screenplay written for The Hunting Party and they've got a lead actress attached who would be perfect as Miranda. I genuinely thought that we would sell the option, and then never hear anything ever again because I've heard of that happening so many times,' the author told us. ' adaptation is a long way down the road, they're doing The Hunting Party first - it's really exciting. I felt it could almost become a character in the novel, where it started to bend the human visitors to its whims in a way.'īoth The Hunting Party and The Guest List are being adapted for the screen, with a screenplay - and a lead actress - in the works for The Hunting Party's adaptation.

I thought, this was the perfect place, the perfect contrast to the glamorous wedding that Jules is trying to throw.

'We got the ferry out to Inisbofin and it was standing there - it's such a dramatic place, it's so beautiful but the weather and the elements and feel quite hostile.

I went there a lot as a child, and I went back there with my husband for a long weekend and we stayed in Ballynahinch which was amazing,' she coninued. My grandfather originally came from there and my dad spent all his childhood summers there. 'I'd been to Connemara a lot, I traveled there a lot when I was a kid.

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