Victor LaValle’s New Horror/Fantasy Novel The Changeling Being Adapted for TV
Debi Moore
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Not to be confused with the stellar 1980 film The Changeling starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere, nor the similarly named 2008 film starring Angelina Jolie, a different The Changeling is heading to TV; and we have the early word for you right here courtesy of Deadline.
Per the site, Annapurna Television, the TV division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, has acquired Victor LaValle’s new novel The Changeling to develop as a television series. The book, described as a mix of horror, fantasy, and realism, was published on June 13th of this year by Spiegel & Grau.
Sue Naegle, who heads Annapurna Television, and Ali Krug will oversee development for the company. LaValle, who will serve as a co-executive producer on the series, is one busy dude! In addition to writing the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, he has also penned three other novels – The Ecstatic, Big Machine, and The Devil in Silver. His two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom, are both currently being adapted as series for AMC.
But back to The Changeling… here’s the book’s synopsis; we should have more about the series soon.
Synopsis:
When Apollo Kagwa’s father disappeared, all he left his son were strange recurring dreams and a box of books stamped with the word “IMPROBABILIA.” Now Apollo is a father himself—and as he and his wife, Emma, are settling into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. Apollo’s old dreams return, and Emma begins acting odd. Irritable and disconnected from their new baby boy, at first Emma seems to be exhibiting signs of postpartum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go even deeper. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act—beyond any parent’s comprehension—and vanishes, seemingly into thin air.
Thus begins Apollo’s odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he’d imagined. His quest, which begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma’s whereabouts, takes him to a forgotten island, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever.
This captivating retelling of a classic fairy tale imaginatively explores parental obsession, spousal love, and the secrets that make strangers out of the people we love the most. It’s a thrilling and emotionally devastating journey through the gruesome legacies that threaten to devour us and the homely, messy magic that saves us… if we’re lucky.
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