When Julian returns, Ava finds herself torn between them. While he is gone, she starts spending time with Edith, and history all but repeats itself – only she and Edith aren’t just sleeping together, they’re falling in love, too. Then Julian’s work calls him home to London for a few months, leaving Ava alone in Hong Kong. Not that they are a couple, though they both agree on that. Pretty soon, they start sleeping together and she moves in with him. The deal was brokered by Nicky Lund of David Higham Associates on behalf of Dolan.Ava meets Julian one night in a bar.

Black Bear is discerning, independent-minded, and very engaged with the novel, so it will be a privilege to work together on this project.” “We believe Naoise is an extraordinary voice, with a huge future ahead of her, and Black Bear is honored to play a part in bringing her rich material to life.”ĭolan added: “I think my love of dialogue is clear from the book, so I’m thrilled to partner with Black Bear to bring the characters to a TV audience, and even more so to be involved as an executive producer. “We immediately fell in love with Naoise’s honest, wry, and intelligent prose, and her ability to depict remarkably complex yet utterly relatable characters,” Black Bear’s president and CEO Schwarzman said. The company’s feature credits include Mudbound, Ben Is Back, The Friend, Light of My Life and The Imitation Game.

Rights To Dave Franco-Directed Black Bear Pictures Thriller 'The Rental'īlack Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler will executive produce alongside Dolan. And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong… Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?” Quickly, she becomes something Ava looks forward to. Refreshingly enthusiastic and unapologetically earnest, Edith takes Ava to the theatre when Julian leaves Hong Kong for work. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than ‘I like you a great deal.’ Enter Edith, a lawyer. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. release on June 2.įollowing a successful release in the UK and Ireland in April, where it debuted on the Sunday Times Best-Sellers List, the novel has been picked up by Black Bear Television, which will develop and produce the novel as a premium series.Īccording to Black Bear’s synopsis, the story “follows the liaisons of Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, who spends her days teaching English to rich children. financier-producer Black Bear Pictures has optioned rights to Irish writer Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times ahead of its U.S.

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