Remember Hulu’s “Normal People” that took the world of TV by storm in 2020, made colossal breakthrough stars of Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, and provided a massive boost for Oscar-nominated “Room” filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson and author Sally Rooney? Well, Abrahamson and Jones, seemingly being a match made in heaven, the duo has reunited for yet another adaptation of her work, this time the novel “Conversations With Friends.”
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Written by Alice Birch (who also wrote on “Normal People”)and Mark O’Halloran, among others, “Conversations with Friends” stars Sasha Lane, Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, and Jemima Kirke (“Girls”). Jones did not write on the series but was involved in the early planning stages. The series was developed by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu and should be arriving this year. The book details the relationships among four people – Frances (the narrator), Bobbi (her best friend), and Melissa and Nick (a married couple), and Vanity Fair has the first look photos from the series.
“The making of ‘Normal People’ unlocked the proper way of adapting ‘Conversations With Friends,’” Element co-founder Ed Guiney told VF. “[The story was] better told in a longer form that allows you to properly live with the characters and understand their choices.”
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How similar is it to “Normal People”? Different, but it sounds like fans of that series will want to watch. “What we’ve ended up with is something that has a kind of aesthetic family resemblance to the other series,” Abrahamson said, “but is definitely its own thing.”
No exact date yet, but Vanity Fair says “Conversations With Friends” premieres this spring on Hulu in the U.S. and BBC Three in the U.K., so that probably means an April-ish date at this point. Stay tuned. Check out the first look photos below.
