Ian McEwan’s Atonement is being adapted for the big screen and it’s making the news in the U.K.
It’s the same production company which adapted another McEwan novel, Enduring Love. Not an easy book to adapt and the result wasn’t without its flaws but the performances were great. The famous opening scene though, with the hot-air balloon, was as powerful as it was in the book.
Christopher Hampton, who wrote the great adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, is working on the screenplay for Atonement. That’s reassuring.
via Bookslut
