{"id":5847,"date":"2011-11-18T16:10:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T16:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2011-11-18T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T16:10:36","slug":"wolf-hall-sequel-update-and-mini-series-under-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/wolf-hall-sequel-update-and-mini-series-under-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Hall sequel update and mini-series under development"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was originally planning to save the latest news on the sequel to Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall<\/i> until the Sunday news round-up but the news started stacking up enough that I thought it deserved a dedicated post.<\/p>\n

The first bit of news was that the name of the sequel has been changed to Bring Up the Bodies<\/i> and the previously announced title The Mirror and the Light<\/i> (that I blogged about here<\/a>) will be used for the third book. Somewhere in the back of my mind I thought that she had at least hinted that her Cromwell books might end up as a trilogy and now it seems to be the case.<\/p>\n

News articles:
\nHilary Mantel writes second sequel to Wolf Hall<\/a>
\nHilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall will be part of a trilogy<\/a>
\nHilary Mantel reveals plans for Wolf Hall trilogy<\/a><\/p>\n

And the other interesting piece of news – which isn’t really all that surprising given the success of The Tudors<\/i> – HBO and the BBC are developing a mini-series based on Wolf Hall<\/i>! I’m pretty optimistic that they’ll do a really good job of this although the plans are for four episodes which will mean a lot will have to be cut from the book. <\/p>\n

News articles:
\nBBC and HBO line up Wolf Hall drama<\/a>
\nHBO And BBC Developing Miniseries Based On Wolf Hall<\/a>
\nBBC, HBO Team for ‘Wolf Hall’ Miniseries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was originally planning to save the latest news on the sequel to Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall until the Sunday news round-up but the news started stacking up enough that I thought it deserved a dedicated post. The first bit of news was that the name of the sequel…<\/p>\n

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