Element Pictures is producing an adaptation of David Nicholls’ best-selling novel You Are Here for the BBC and STARZ, with Fremantle handling international distribution.
Nicholls has also penned the script for the eight-part adaptation, with Lenny Abrahamson directing. Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy will lead the cast.
“Like countless others, I loved this book, packed full of charm, humor, heartache and joy,” said Lindsay Salt, director of drama at the BBC. “The combination of David’s wonderful scripts, Lenny back directing on the BBC, Element Pictures producing, and Claire and Mathew leading our cast is a real gift. I can’t wait for Marnie and Michael to spring off the page and onto the screen. BBC viewers are in for a treat.”
De Maio Entertainment spearheaded the partnership with STARZ for the series, which Kathryn Busby, president of original programming at STARZ, called “disarming, sly and deeply romantic” and “a perfect fit for our audience.”
“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,” said Nicholls. “We can’t wait to bring Marnie and Michael’s journey to the screen.”
Ed Guiney, EP at Element Pictures, added, “You Are Here feels to us like a drama the world needs right now—life-affirming, positive, funny and full of charm.”
