The BBC is planning the latest reinterpretation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited. Parade’s end producer Mammoth Screen brings Call Me By Your Name helper Luca Guadagnino to write and direct.
. has heard that a deal for the miniseries is nearing closure with the BBC and that Mammoth will co-produce with Moonage Pictures, which is currently playing another ambitious BBC drama with Lily James star The Pursuit Of Love.
BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has been talking to Guadagnino about an adaptation for two years and has flown to Italy to discuss the project with the writer / director. Separately, Guadagnino’s Sky / HBO series We Are Who We Are was also picked up by BBC Three in the UK.
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The Daily Mail reported that HBO and a stellar cast – including Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Garfield – have signed up for the remake of Brideshead Revisited, though . understands it’s premature.
Mammoth is still speaking to a number of US networks, including HBO, and casting deals are still flowing. Rooney Mara and Joe Alwyn were two other names the Daily Mail associated with the series.
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred and Profane Memories by Captain Charles Ryder tells the story of Ryder and his friendship with the aristocratic Flytes family who live in the palatial Brideshead Castle.
Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian, whom he befriends at Oxford University, and Julia, while the 1945 book explores topics such as aristocratic nostalgia, Catholicism, and homosexuality.
Brideshead Revisited was adapted by ITV in 1981, with Jeremy Irons memorably playing Ryder, while in 2008 it was also the subject of a contribution by Ecosse Films and HanWay Films. Matthew Goode played Ryder in the Julian Jarrold-directed film.
The Daily Mail reported that Garfield will play the role of Ryder in Mammoth / Moonage’s adaptation, with Fiennes and Blanchett playing Lord and Lady Marchmain. The show is slated to go into production next year.
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