“The Night Manager” and “Hanna” scribe David Farr is reportedly developing a new eight-part series adaptation of John Wyndham’s 1957 sci-fi novel “The Midwich Cuckoos” for European broadcaster Sky.
The book follows the sleepy English village of Midwich, where a strange sequence of events culminates in the community’s women falling pregnant with alien children with glowing eyes and otherworldly powers.
Both it and “The Day Of The Triffids” rank as Wyndham’s most iconic works, with ‘Midwich’ adapted twice to film before under the name “Village of the Damned” by Wolf Rilla in 1960 and John Carpenter in 1995.
The TV remake has been setup at ITV Studios-backed Route 24 and is produced by Marc Samuelson.
Source: Deadline
