lda1.jpgHBO has retained the services of “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.”
It had been rumored for months that Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the best-selling books by Alexander McCall Smith could wind up as a TV series, though nothing was official until now.
HBO has partnered with the Weinstein Co. and the BBC on the drama series, ordering 13 hourlong episodes to begin filming in the summer. That’s in addition to the two-hour pilot that Minghella recently shot in Botswana from a script he wrote with Richard Curtis (”Four Weddings and a Funeral”).
“Agency” stars Jill Scott as Precious Ramotswe, the proprietor of the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. Anika Noni Rose plays her quirky secretary, Mma Makutsi, and Lucian Msamati stars as Ramotswe’s devoted suitor, JLB Matekoni. Also in the pilot are David Oyelowo, Idris Elba, Colin Salmon and John Kani. [continue reading]
But somehow I trust HBO
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