TV: The Time Traveler's Wife

HBO has landed The Time Traveler's Wife, a drama from Steven Moffat (Dr. Who, Sherlock) and based on Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel, with a straight to series order, Deadline reported, adding that "the project had been pursued by multiple outlets, including Amazon whose topper Jeff Bezos was involved in the effort."

"I read Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife many years ago, and I fell in love with it," Moffat said. "In fact, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called 'The Girl in the Fireplace' as a direct response to it. When, in her next novel, Audrey had a character watching that very episode, I realized she was probably on to me. All these years later, the chance to adapt the novel itself is a dream come true. The brave new world of long form television is now ready for this kind of depth and complexity. It's a story of happy ever after--but not necessarily in that order."

Moffat, Sue Vertue and Brian Minchin will executive produce through their Hartswood Films. Deadline noted that the company "produces in association with Warner Bros. Television, which has rights to the title. Warner Bros.' New Line division was behind the 2009 feature adaptation of the book that starred Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams."

HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said that Moffat's "passion is evident in every project he's written and we are certain that his love and respect for this mesmerizing and textured novel will make it a quintessential HBO series."

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