Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy to Lead Adaptation of YOU ARE HERE

Matthew Macfadyen ("Succession") and Claire Foy ("The Crown") are set to lead the small-screen adaptation of the bestselling novel "You Are Here" written by David Nicholls ("One Day"). The 8-part series has been greenlit by the BBC and Starz, and will be directed by Lenny Abrahamson ("Room", "Normal People") from a script penned by Nicholls. The series is an Element Pictures, a Fremantle company, production for the BBC and Starz.

The series is focuses on finding a connection when you least expect it and overcoming the obstacles of midlife. Treading the tricky path from loneliness to love, the story follows Marnie and Michael as they go coast-to-coast across the stunning (and sometimes soaking) English countryside. Navigating an undeniable attraction that is as exhilarating as it is terrifying, they end up on the brink of a relationship that neither was looking for, but which might be exactly the one they both need.

Filming will take place in the Lake District and around Manchester. The series is being produced by the Fremantle-owned Irish outfit Element Pictures, who also produced "Normal People". Global sales will be handled by Fremantle with De Maio Entertainment spearheading the partnership with Starz.

Nicholls said in a statement: "I'm so delighted to be working on 'You Are Here' with Element, the BBC, Starz and Lenny, whose work I've admired for many years. And Matthew and Claire are both just dream casting, wonderful in comedy and drama, so detailed and thoughtful and sympathetic. The intention with the novel was to write a close-up study of a relationship, but set against this magnificent landscape, and that's our ambition here too; to make something both intimate and epic, funny and dramatic, a romantic comedy with real emotion. We can't wait to bring Marnie and Michael's journey to the screen".

Abrahamson added: "As a huge admirer of David's writing, I'm delighted to be collaborating with him to bring 'You Are Here' to the screen. The novel is such a beautiful love story – funny, profound and ultimately deeply hopeful. I'm also extremely excited to have Claire and Matthew, two actors I hugely admire, playing Michael and Marnie".

Both Abrahamson and Nicholls serve as executive producers alongside Foy and MacFadyen, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Emma Norton for Element Pictures and Jonny Richards and Anna Ferguson for the BBC. The series is produced by Clare Shepherd.

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Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy to Lead Adaptation of YOU ARE HERE

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