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Bill Bryson’s ‘A Short History Of Nearly Everything’ Being Reimagined As Animated TV Series By Josh Weinstein, Jason Hazeley & Richard Ayoade


Bill Bryson's 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything' is being adapted by Richard Ayoade, Josh Weinstein, Jason Hazeley

Bill Bryson bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything is being reimagined as an animated TV series by former The Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Paddington scribe Jason Hazeley, with Richard Ayoade narrating. Published two decades ago, the book sees celebrated writer Bryson take on popular science by tackling issues such as the size of the universe and the development of the human race, and setting them out in layman’s terms. Altitude is currently in development on a Wombles remake and an adaptation of astronaut Chris Hadfield’s cold war novel The Apollo Murders with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions.

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