Rose Leslie (
"Game of Thrones") and
Theo James (
"Divergent") are set to star in HBO's new series
"The Time Traveler's Wife" based on
Audrey Niffenegger's novel. The book was previously adapted into the 2009 film of the same name starring
Rachel McAdams and
Eric Bana.
The show, which is currently in pre-production, is an intricate and magical love story that tells the story of Clare (Leslie) and Henry (James), and a marriage that involves time travel. The adaptation is penned by former
"Dr. Who" head writer and
"Sherlock" co-creator
Steven Moffat.
Clare is described as fiery, clever and unstoppable — and for most of her life she's had an amazing secret. Since she was 6, she has had an imaginary friend: a kind and funny man, sometimes old, sometimes young, who appears in the woods behind her house and tells her tales of the future. Visits from the mysterious Henry are the bright spots in the tedium of her childhood. As the years pass, and she grows into a beautiful young woman, she starts to realize her friend is not imaginary — he's a time traveler, visiting from the future. Clare has a literal date with destiny. One day she's going to meet a young man called Henry DeTamble — whom she'll know very well but who won't recognize her at all — and she will become the time traveler's wife.
Meanwhile Henry also has a problem. Since he was 8 years old, he's been time traveler. It's not a superpower, it's a condition; he can't help it. Sometimes, when Henry is stressed or worried — and sometimes for no reason at all — he loses his grip on the current moment and falls naked into the past or the future. One minute he's making breakfast, the next he's naked at a hoedown in 1973. He can be stuck there for minutes or months, he never knows. His life is a rollercoaster of constant danger and white-knuckle survival. Until one day he meets a beautiful redhead in the library where he works. Her name is Clare Abshire, and although he's never seen her before, she claims to have known him all her life. Finally his curse has given him something good, and Clare and Henry are about to have the time of their lives.
"The Time Traveler's Wife" was picked up to series in mid-2018. Moffat will also executive produce alongside
Sue Vertue and
Brian Minchin.
Leslie can next be seen in
Kenneth Branagh's
"Death on the Nile".
