Look for a 10-part AMC TV adaptation of
Philipp Meyer's novel
The Son to set up shop in Austin
for a summer shoot.
The acclaimed novel has been described as a "multi-generational saga of power, blood, land, and oil that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family, from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the to the oil booms of the 20th century." University of Texas prof
Don Graham regularly includes the novel in the his well-known
Life and Literature of Texas course along side the works of
Larry McMurtry and
Cormac McCarthy.
Sam Neil plays Eli, the family patriarch who was kidnapped and raised by Comanches, an experience that colors his world view.
Also in the cast are
Henry Garrett (
Poldark),
Zahn McClarnon (
Fargo),
Paola Nunez (
Reina de corazones), and
Sydney Lucas (
Fun Home). The show was written by Meyer,
Lee Shipman and
Brian McGreevy. It's expected to air in 2017.
Now if someone would finally adapt
Billy Lee Brammer's
The Gay Place (which is also on Graham's syllabus) for TV or film we'd be set with major Texas novels being brought to the big (or little) screen. Oh, I could also go for a faithful adaptation of
Dan Jenkins'
Semi-Tough minus the silly new age twaddle added to the Burt Reynolds version. Pretty please?
