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LATEST NEWS
March/April 2024
Walker George Films is delighted to announce that Stephen Walker’s book Beyond – The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave the Planet and Journey into Space is currently in development as a TV series, once again partnering with Britain’s leading film production company Working Title Films.
Published in the UK and USA by Harper Collins, Beyond is set at the heart of the Cold War in the spring of 1961 when the US and the USSR raced to put the first human into space. Beyond was a Book of the Year in the Times, Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, winning critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Beyond has been translated into seven languages, the latest being a Russian edition due to be published in April 2024.
Adapting the book for the TV series is screenwriter John Collee, whose previous credits include the award-winning Russell Crowe movie Master and Commander. Recently John penned the Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe as well as Lee, a new movie about the celebrated World War Two photographer Lee Miller, starring Kate Winslet.
For more information about Stephen’s writing and Beyond please visit Stephen’s author website at www.stephenwalkerbeyond.com
January 2024
Stephen Walker’s New York Times Bestselling thriller Shockwave – Countdown to Hiroshima, is in development as a TV series with Working Title Films.
A nailbiting tale of the final three weeks before the dropping of the atom bomb, the series writer is Oscar-nominee Hossein Amini, whose previous credits include the Henry James adaptation Wings of the Dove starring Helena Bonham-Carter. Recent successes include the acclaimed TV series The Alienist and the Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney, starring Ewan McGregor.