Independent producer Rebecca Gushin will adapt Penelope Fitzgerald's Human Voices for television. The Bookseller reported that Gushin "has worked as a casting professional for nearly 20 years in TV (Billions, The Benders and the forthcoming FBI) as well as films and theatre, and has now begun producing."
Katie Fulford, who heads up the dedicated TV/film team at HarperCollins, said the publisher is "absolutely delighted" to have agreed to the deal. "Rebecca's creative vision and personal passion for the project was immediately evident, and we are certain she will be a fantastic guardian for this fascinating story as she works to bring that vision from page to screen."
Gushin added that she has loved the novel "since college when I magically discovered it tucked into a corner of my local bookstore. On a whim, I bought it and immediately fell under the spell of this story, one from which I've never emerged. I've dreamed of seeing these characters come to life on a screen for twenty years, while secretly nurturing the hope that I could somehow be the one to make that dream a reality. I am honored to have been entrusted by Ms. Fitzgerald's estate with this beautiful story and I look forward to working with them on a television series that will introduce viewers to these wonderful, flawed, hilarious characters and the fascinating world they inhabit."