Team behind Normal People will create Sally Rooney’s new TV series

Normal People is the frontrunner at this year’s TV Choice Awards, where it is up for three prizes.

BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People, chronicling the romantic lives of Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan as they fall in and out of love over several years, is a major hit.The 12-episode series dropped as a boxset on BBC Three on April 26, 2020, with regular Monday night broadcasts on BBC One stoking the hype for a little longer.

Normal People star Paul Mescal has taken part in Florence + The Machine‘s new book club – hear him read a passage from the Sally Rooney novel below.Mescal plays Connell Waldron in the recent BBC adaptation of the book, which gave BBC Three its biggest iPlayer viewing figures ever upon its release.As part of Florence Welch’s Between Two Books book club, Mescal has read an iconic passage from the 2018 book, the scene where Connell and Marianne reconnect at a house party at Dublin’s Trinity College

Between Two Books.The Kildare native read the passage where Connell meets Marianne in college for the first time. And it’s honestly made our week!‘”Alright,” says Connell, “hi.” Instantly, unbelievably, Marianne’s face breaks into a gigantic smile, exposing her crooked front teeth,’ Paul reads of their encounter in the three minutes and 48 seconds of perfection.

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are tucked home safe and sound in London, England, adapting to the newfound spotlight and a life in quarantine. It's a far cry from just a few months earlier when the relative unknowns were whisked off to Los Angeles, California, to wax poetic about a show the public didn't know they'd fall in love with yet.

Paul Mescal is the perfect narrator for Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal reunited for a comedy special alongside Fleabag actor Andrew Scott.

Normal People and Fleabag collided last night (jUNE 26) for Irish charity fundraiser RTÉ Does Comic Relief.In one of two sketches that reunited Normal People‘s Connell and Marianne – played by Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones – the two characters confessed their sins to a priest revealed to be Andrew Scott’s character from Fleabag.Mescal also shared photos from the shoot, showing the three stars together. “Well this happened!” he said on Instagram.

Hulu is looking to replicate the success of “Normal People” by adapting another of Sally Rooney’s novels as a TV series.

Following the breakout success of Normal People, author Sally Rooney‘s 2017 novel, Conversations With Friends, is now getting a straight-to-series order stateside.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Another of “Normal People” author Sally Rooney’s books is set to get the series treatment at Hulu.

Also Read: 'Normal People' Producer Ed Guiney Says Film and TV Production Isn't Possible Without Quick COVID Testing“Sally Rooney perfectly and beautifully captures the complicated dynamics of relationships in her stories. After bringing that to life in Normal People to an overwhelmingly positive response, we are honored to do the same with Conversations With Friends,” said Beatrice Springborn, vice president of content at Hulu.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnother of “Normal People” author Sally Rooney’s books is set to get the series treatment at Hulu.The streamer has given a straight-to-series order to “Conversations with Friends,” which will be based on Rooney’s debut novel of the same name.The series will consist of 12 half-hour episodes.

Peter White Television EditorHulu has handed Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends a straight-to-series order, following the breakout success of Normal People.The digital platform has boarded the 12-part show, which the BBC committed to in February.