Idris Elba (Hijack, Luther) will star in and executive produce a TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe's award-winning 1958 novel Things Fall Apart. Variety reported that the project is in development at the studio A24, though no writer is attached yet, nor is it currently set up at a streaming service or network.
Elba is exec producing along with Gina Carter under their 22Summers production banner. David Oyelowo and Amanda N'Duka will executive produce via Yoruba Saxon. Ben Forkner, Dayo Ogunyemi, and Achebe Masterworks also serve as executive producers.