Oscar-winning famous person Julia Roberts will narrate the BBC’s upcoming adaptation of Rónán Hession’s Leonard and Hungry Paul.
That is the Erin Brokovich star’s first BBC position and can see her present narration for the present about two board-gaming pals of their thirties. The chums meander by leafy suburban life, charting a narrative about Judo, historic Rome, first loves and the growth of the Universe.
Revealed by Deadline a number of weeks again and airing later this fall, Leonard and Hungry Paul for the BBC and Irish broadcaster RTÉ stars Laurie Kynaston (Idiot Me As soon as, The Sandman), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Derry Women, Screw) and Alex Lawther (The Finish of the F***ing World, Alien: Earth). Additionally becoming a member of the solid are Helen Behan (The Virtues), Lorcan Cranitch (Bloodlands), Niamh Branigan (Harry Wild), Paul Reid (Sherlock & Daughter), Charlotte McCurry (Say Nothing) and David O’Reilly (Docs).
Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson are adapting the collection for TV. Subotica is producing the present with Avalon. Tristan Orpen Lynch, Govt Producer for Subotica, mentioned: “It’s actually great to have the amazingly proficient Julia Roberts be a part of the manufacturing, we had heard she was a giant fan of Rónán’s stunning e-book and she or he brings an actual heat and real compassionate understanding to this necessary position which guides us by the distinctive world and particular characters.”
Roberts is a large coup for the present, which appears to be like set to be a giant one popping out of BBC Northern Eire. She is presently in Venice selling Luca Guadagnino’s cancel tradition drama After The Hunt.
Leonard And Hungry Paul is a Subotica manufacturing for BBC Northern Eire in affiliation with BBC Comedy, Fís Éireann / Display Eire and RTÉ, and a co-production with Avalon, which can distribute the present internationally. The collection was commissioned by Eddie Doyle, Senior Head of Commissioning, BBC Northern Eire. EPs are Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan for Subotica, alongside in-house producer Natalie McAuley. Paula Warwick and Adam Barth are EPs for Avalon, manufacturing finance help is supplied by Marc Lorber, The Artwork of Coproduction. The director is Andrew Chaplin. Kate McColgan is EP for Fís Éireann / Display Eire and different EPs embody Wally Corridor, David Harari, Morwin Schmookler, Ross Boucher and George Rush. Mary McKeagney and Emma Lawson are Commissioning Editors for the BBC.
