A two-part adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s classic Australian novel, Wake in Fright, will be coming to television in 2017, Network Ten announced on Thursday.
The news follows Foxtel’s Tuesday announcement of a six-part Picnic at Hanging Rock series, based on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 seminal Australian novel.
The cast for the Network Ten series has not been announced, but the production team includes producers Helen Bowden (The Slap) and Kristian Moliere (The Babadook), director Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, A Place To Call Home), and writer Stephen M Irwin (Secrets and Lies).
“There are few Australian stories as original or compelling as Wake in Fright,” he said.