Actor and writer Emma Thompson has partnered with production company Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials) to develop Harrow’s Alley, one of Hollywood’s long-lost scripts, for HBO, Deadline has learned.
Bad Wolf is backed by HBO and UK’s Sky along with Len Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment and is in the “very early stages” of development on Harrow’s Alley.
The script involved “dark subject matter” and required a big budget, which ultimately prevented the film from being made.
Harrow’s Alley takes place in the 17th century during the black plague, following an English town as it deteriorates.