Pegg added that it was important to work closely with Aaronovitch to develop the story. “Nobody knows this world better than me, I can make stuff up that’s canon,” he added. The author, who will serve as an exec producer alongside the trio, said that he was looking forward to exploring the character of Grant, but even more excited to develop other characters in this world. we have a common language, which we don’t have in a lot of TV companies.

are tremendous nerds and I don’t have to explain things to do them about magic, they just get it. There will be creative conflicts and where external forces force us to make compromises but I know that the starting point is that we won’t make those compromises unless we have to. I’m working with creators and I know these people don’t like bollocks. how could I say no ? I feel confident on several levels. It was a difficult thing to sell so that it wouldn’t get horribly butchered, and television up to now has had a lot of difficulties. “I’ve worked in television before so I was wary of sticking my head back into that lion’s den. But what TV offers us now, which is a cinematic playing field, you can tell these stories with scope and get into creative detail.”Īaronovitch (right) said that the book had previously gone through a number of development processes but was glad to work with Stolen Picture. A lot of books that are made into film are criticized for not being as good as the book, because they are contracted into something more simplistic. This era we’re in now, TV has suddenly evolved into something far more cinematic, where you can tell stories and elaborate. Pegg, who has made a number of films with Frost including Shaun of the Dead, said that TV has entered an era where sprawling book series such as Rivers of London can now be adapted faithfully. “Everyone wants to potentially find the next Game of Thrones and the chance to turn Rivers of London into an eight-hour movie and hopefully find someone who will financially back that is a real draw.” I was chuffed to bits that I could get the rights to make it into a TV show,” he said.

“Suddenly we were in a position where I said ‘there’s this book that I loved’ and it became available, more or less. 'The Boys': Rosemarie DeWitt, Rob Benedict & Elliot Knight Board Season 4 Simon Pegg Sets Returnįrost told Deadline that he first read the book on holiday years ago.

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