Don’t they ever stop migrating?
The Birds first landed in Cornwall, England, in Daphne du Maurier’s original 1952 book, and Alfred Hitchcock let them loose in Bodega Bay, California, when he made the book into one of his greatest horror films in 1963. Now, the BBC is bringing them back to rural Cornwall for an upcoming contemporary TV drama. The adaptation is likely to be more faithful to the book, rather than be a direct remake of the film.
The Birds will be written by Irish playwright and writer Conor McPherson, who adapted the novella as a stage play in 2009. McPherson also wrote the films The Eclipse and The Actors.
It'll be produced by Heyday Television, the joint venture of feature producer David Hey man (Harry Potter, Gravity) and NBC Universal International Studios.
Alfred Hitchcock’s version of The Birds marked Tippi Hedren’s feature film debut. Hedren plays San Francisco socialite Melanie Daniels, who follows her farmhand boyfriend to a small community being terrorised by flocks of birds shortly after the end of World War II. It also starred Rod Taylor and featured Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright.
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