Daphne du Maurier Archives

This is the second time the Daphne du Maurier novel has been adapted, the first time being in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock That was his first American project, and Rebecca received 11 Academy Awards nominations, where it won Best Picture and Best Cinematography It was chosen for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2018[...]

The miniseries is set to be produced by David Heyman's (the Harry Potter franchise) Heyday Television, based on a script from Irish playwright and writer Conor McPherson (The Eclipse, The Actors), who previously adapted the Daphne du Maurier novella for the theater in 2009. What's interesting is that while the announcement goes in the direction that the[...]