电影版权被前电影导演泰斯•罗斯(“贫民窟的百万富翁”、“12岁的奴隶”和“前男友”)和前工作的电视老板杰克•索恩在家庭电影中拍摄(哈利波特和被诅咒的孩子)将会写剧本。
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“疯狂的热血令人震惊地讲述了一段被忽视的历史。”
“莎士比亚的罗密欧与朱丽叶是通过一段紧张的监狱戏剧编织而成的,它使自己重新陷入了强大的达特穆尔的史诗般的背景。在西蒙•梅奥的引人入胜的叙述中释放出的激情,将黑人与白人、美国人与英国人以及被夹在中间的一种被禁的爱的灵魂联系在了一块。”
“它是一个快速的页面,带有黑色幽默,智力的分量,以及一个深刻的人物形象,震撼着我们的灵魂。”
“这是一部很有创意的小说。”(爵士的肯尼思•布莱纳格)
跨国出版商比尔斯科特-科尔先发制人地收购了英国的版权,评论说:“从我们开始谈论这个项目的那一刻起,它的戏剧性的潜力和当代的相关性立刻就显现出来了。西蒙发掘出了一个令人难以置信的真实故事,并让他的想象力得到了极大的成功。”
The film rights were snapped up by former Film4 chief Tessa Ross (“Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave” and “Ex Machina”) and ex-Working Title TV boss Juliette Howell at House Productions, with Jack Thorne (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) set to write the screenplay.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/doubleday-draws-blood-mayo-507816
The film rights were snapped up by former Film4 chief Tessa Ross (“Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave” and “Ex Machina”) and ex-Working Title TV boss Juliette Howell at House Productions, with Jack Thorne (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) set to write the screenplay.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/doubleday-draws-blood-mayo-507816
"Mad Blood Stirring is an astonishing account of an explosive piece of neglected history.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is woven through a tense prison drama that sets itself agains the epic backdrop of mighty Dartmoor. The passions unleashed in Simon Mayo’s riveting account places black against white, Americans against Britons and the stirring soul of a forbidden love caught in between.
It’s a rapid page turner with dark humour, intellectual heft, and a gallery of deeply human characters that shake our spirits.
This is a cracking novel." (Sir Kenneth Branagh)
"Mad Blood Stirring is an astonishing account of an explosive piece of neglected history. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is woven through a tense prison drama that sets itself against the epic backdrop of mighty Dartmoor. The passions unleashed in Simon Mayo’s riveting account places black against white, Americans against Britons and the stirring soul of a forbidden love caught in between. It’s a rapid page turner with dark humour, intellectual heft, and a gallery of deeply human characters that shake our spirits.
This is a cracking novel." Sir Kenneth Branagh
Transworld Publisher Bill Scott-Kerr acquired the UK rights in a pre-emptive deal, commenting that; “From the moment we started talking about this project, its dramatic potential and contemporary relevance were instantly and emphatically evident. Simon has unearthed an incredible true story and has brought his imagination brilliantly and empathetically to bear on it.”