The Good Lord Bird has landed at Showtime: The pay cabler has ordered an eight-part adaptation of James McBride’s 2013 novel, which will star Ethan Hawke, TVLine has learned.
Added McBride, “This is just the right time for The Good Lord Bird.
Billed as a limited series, Good Lord Bird will star Hawke as John Brown, the real-life 19th-century abolitionist.
“Good Lord Bird is one of my favorite books, told with wit, grace and wisdom by the great James McBride,” Hawke said in a statement.