We have not been shy about our love for David Michod's Animal Kingdom in these pages, the Sundance winning Australian crime drama that netted Jacki Weaver an Oscar nomination. Based on a real life Melbourne based crime family, Animal Kingdom is quite simply one of the finest debut films that I have ever come across. And soon it may be coming to television.
Word broke on Friday afternoon that Showtime are developing a television series based on the film with John Wells supervising with the original writer-director (Michod) and producer Liz Watts also on board.
With a large cast of complex characters Animal Kingdom is prime material to develop for television, where the longer format will allow for a deeper treatment of many characters who remain on the sidelines of the feature. This could be rather good.
Word broke on Friday afternoon that Showtime are developing a television series based on the film with John Wells supervising with the original writer-director (Michod) and producer Liz Watts also on board.
With a large cast of complex characters Animal Kingdom is prime material to develop for television, where the longer format will allow for a deeper treatment of many characters who remain on the sidelines of the feature. This could be rather good.