Nineteen ninety-six bestseller classic "In Cold Blood" by American novelist Truman Capote has yet again to prove its prowess. The Weinstein Company, which also produces "Project Runway" and its spin-off "Project Runway All Stars," has optioned the television rights with Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanki's Flying Studios to produce the film and Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) as the scriptwriter.
"Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' has been riveting audiences since it first hit the literary scene almost fifty years ago, and it continues to have that same thrilling, timeless appeal today," TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein said in a statement. "We are extremely excited to be partnering with Gary, Doug and the whole Flying Studios team to bring what's sure to be an unbelievable series to TV viewers."
Truman Capote's book, which was published by Random House and became the second-biggest-selling true crime book of all time, details the 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, his wife, and two of their four children.
It was also adapted into several acclimatization including film and TV, with Richard Brooks as Perry Smith being the very first version, Anthony Edwards on the miniseries version in 1996, next came up Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote in 2005 and Toby Jones version in the following year. Truman Capote's award winning movie and TV adaptation also came in with a graphic novel. This would be the first TV series treatment of the nonfiction book. The re-claiming of TV rights of "In Cold Blood" is also because of HBO's recent six-part docuseries "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" as well as "Serial." A narrative with a crime as the subject matter has been rampant.
What do you think of the new adaptation of Truman Capote's opus, "In Cold Blood"? Will it be as gory as the film adaptation?
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