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Bestselling South African Scribe Deon Meyer Teaming With Federation MEAC On TV Adaptation Of His Post-Apocalyptic Novel ‘Fever’


Deon Meyer's 'Fever' is being adapted for TV by Federation MEAC along with two more of the bestselling South African author's novels.

EXCLUSIVE: Bestselling South African scribe Deon Meyer is turning his Last Of Us- esque thriller Fever into a TV series with Federation MEAC. Joachim Landau, who runs Federation MEAC, which develops projects mainly in the Middle East, Africa and Caribbean,labeled Fever a cross between HBO smash The Last of Us and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. In a similar vein to Federation MEAC ‘s Canal+/Showmax hit Spinners, Landau said the show will be cast with “international appeal,” bringing in actors from the U.S., UK, France or Africa.

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