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Julian Fellowes To Adapt Detective Brunetti Books As TV Series In Works At 20th Television From Late Producer Ileen Maisel
Julian Fellowes is set to write a TV adaptation of author Donna Leon's Detective Brunetti book series, which is in development at 20th Television.
The Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age creator is set to write and executive produce a TV adaptation of Swiss-American author Donna Leon’s contemporary Detective Brunetti book series, which is in development at 20th Television. In fading Venice, far from the tourist crowds, detective Commissario Brunetti faces a daily battle to protect his city, and his family, from the harsh realities of murder, corruption, and of course the interference of his aristocratic in-laws.” Arguably his most notable contemporary work was serving as co-writer on the 2010 feature The Tourist, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, which also was set in Venice.
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