Grantchester ITV 2014, l'adaptation des romans de James Runcie

La chaîne ITV vient d'annoncer qu'un nouveau projet de série tv est en cours. Composée de 6 épisodes, la série Grandchester est une adaptation d'un roman sorti en 2012, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death de James Runcie.

Je vous poste rapidement une présentation de l'ouvrage en question (je ne l'ai pas lu mais je l'ai souvent croisé sur des blogs anglosaxons)

Citation :

It is 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is an unconventional clerical detective. He can go where the police cannot.

Together with his roguish friend, inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewelry theft at a New Year’s Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a jazz promoter’s daughter, and a shocking art forgery that puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty, but he nonetheless manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, and hot jazz—as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior.

With a whiff of Agatha Christie and a touch of G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown, The Grantchester Mysteries introduces a wonderful new hero into the world of detective fiction.

Ce 1er tome est composé de plusieurs histoires.

Et voici le communiqué de presse d'ITV au sujet de la série à venir :

Citation :

Produced by Lovely Day, a sister company of Kudos, the 1953 Cambridgeshire-set drama is written for ITV by Daisy Coulam (EastEnders, Casualty)
Set against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester, the drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.     
 
A tall and handsome man with a love of warm beer and hot jazz, Sidney is self-effacing, great company and a true romantic. He conscientiously undertakes his parish duties at the church of St Andrew and St Mary’s, and has the ear of his congregation who respect his unique moral insights and dry humour.  Sidney thinks the best of people, but intuitively asks all the right questions which often results in an epiphany!  
 
His partner in crime is over-worked Police Inspector, Geordie Keating, a man two inches shorter than he’d like to be, with scuffed shoes and hair not as familiar with a comb as it should be.  Geordie speaks plainly and his down to earth approach to policing complements Sidney’s more gentle technique of coaxing information from witnesses and suspects. Their unlikely partnership becomes a true friendship as each offers a different insight into the crimes they begin to unravel.
 
Troubled by nightmares and recurring flashbacks to the time he served in the Scot’s Guards, Sidney is the moral compass of the drama with a desire to put right the wrongs of the past  – “we cannot erase our pasts however hard we try.  Instead we must carry them with us into the future.”
Sidney’s private life is complicated, as his love for beautiful heiress Amanda Kendall, although reciprocated, doesn’t have a future, as her father wants her to marry an aristocratic beau.  For the foreseeable, Sidney lives with his housekeeper the redoubtable Mrs Maguire who keeps him in check and cleans his water closets. He also has gorgeous Labrador puppy, Dickens, for company.

ITV’s Director of drama Steve November said: “Daisy Coulam’s scripts are vivid and beautifully written with some wonderful characters at the heart of the stories. There’s an emotional truth and gravity to this series which makes it a very compelling drama.”  

Lovely Day’s Managing Director and founder Diederick Santer said: “Grantchester is a real labour of love for me and Lovely Day.  Sidney is a charming, but complex character, a man of faith burdened by his past despite a distinguished wartime record, he’s funny, dashing and inquisitive.  He loves being a parish priest in the exquisite village of Grantchester, but somehow it’s not enough and he still finds time to fall in and out of love and solve crimes. James Runcie has created this brilliant character and this glorious world, which Daisy Coulam is now bringing to the screen in her wonderful and lavish scripts, and I can’t wait for ITV’s audience to get to know him too.”
Emma Kingsman-Lloyd (DCI Banks) will produce the series with Diederick Santer executive producing.
Grantchester casting will be announced in 2014, with filming due to begin in March 2014 in London, Cambridge and Grantchester and shooting will continue until June.

Que vous inspire ce nouveau projet de série en costumes ? Connaissiez-vous les livres de James Runcie ?

Ce projet à l'air plus qu'intéressant et j'ai compris de quoi ça parlait (yes je m'améliore en anglais à force de voir des séries en vostfr).
En tout cas, la couverture donne envie.

Je ne connaissais pas mais ça me tente bien!

ITV vient juste de dévoiler des infos sur cette nouvelle série, en 6 épisodes.

Le héros, le jeune vicaire Sidney Chambers, sera incarné par l'acteur James Norton (que j'avais bien aimé dans Death comes to Pemberley) !

Citation :

James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley, Rush) will play the role of Sidney Chambers – the moral compass of the drama, and a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.

Written by Daisy Coulam (EastEnders, Casualty), the drama is set in Cambridge in 1953 also stars Robson Green (Reckless, Wire In The Blood) as plain speaking, over-worked Police Inspector, Geordie Keating.

Morven Christie (Hunted, Twenty Twelve) will play beautiful heiress Amanda Kendall, whose love for Sidney, although reciprocated, doesn’t have a future, as her father wants her to marry an aristocratic beau.

Tessa Peake-Jones (Marchlands, Only Fools and Horses) will play Sidney’s housekeeper, the indomitable Mrs Maguire who keeps him in check and does her best to keep his chaotic vicarage presentable and respectable. He also has gorgeous black Labrador puppy, Dickens, for company.

EastEnders Kacey Ainsworth will play Geordie’s loving wife Cathy.  Cathy is a busy mother of three with a fourth child on the way.

Sidney’s moustachioed curate, Leonard Finch, will be played by Al Weaver (Southcliffe, Secret State), whilst pale, interesting and stunning widow, Hildegard Staunton, is played by German actress Pheline Roggan.

Also joining the cast are Fiona Button as Sidney’s younger sister Jennifer Chambers, Ukweli Roach as Jennifer’s boyfriend, Johnny Johnson, Tom Austen as Guy Hopkins and Pip Torrens as Amanda’s aristocratic father, Sir Edward Kendall.

ITV by Director of Drama Steve November says:

“Daisy Coulam’s scripts are vivid and beautifully written with some wonderful characters at the heart of the stories. There’s an emotional truth and gravity to this series which makes it a very compelling drama.”

Executive Producer Diederick Santer said: “Grantchester is a real labour of love for me and Lovely Day.  Sidney is a charming, but complex character, a man of faith burdened by his past despite a distinguished wartime record, he’s funny, dashing and inquisitive.  He loves being a parish priest in the exquisite village of Grantchester, but somehow it’s not enough and he still finds time to fall in and out of love and solve crimes. James Runcie has created this brilliant character and this glorious world, which Daisy Coulam is now bringing to the screen in her wonderful and lavish scripts, and I can’t wait for ITV’s audience to get to know him too.”

The series is produced by Lovely Day, a sister company of Kudos. Producer is Emma Kingsman-Lloyd (DCI Banks, Life of Crime, Lip Service), executive producer is Lovely Day’s Diederick Santer (Cutting It, Jane Eyre, EastEnders).  The Lead Director for the series will be Harry Bradbeer (Prisoners’ Wives, The Hour, The Cops, This Life).

Grantchester begins filming this month (March 2014) in London, Cambridge and Grantchester and shooting will continue until June.

Je l'avais bien aimé aussi.
J'ai hâte de voir ce que ça donne !

Merci pour les infos!

Voici les toutes premières photos du tournage   

Merci pour les photos!

Il y en a d'autres !  On voit mieux le personnage principal incarné par James Norton :









  

 

Merci beaucoup pour les photos.

Je trouve l'ambiance des photos très sympathiques. J'ai hâte de voir ce que ça donne.

 

Le tournage a lieu à Cambridge.  

J'aime beaucoup l'ambiance aussi !

Je suis un peu le tournage de la série sur twitter, voici une photo du storyboard postée par la société de prod   



et je ne résiste pas à l'envie de vous poster ces 2 photos de Dickens, le labrador du héros   

Il est tout choupinou   

Trop mimi ce petit Dickens!

Oui, c'est un argument supplémentaire pour découvrir cette série  
Je viens de commencer le livre mais je n'ai pas encore fait la connaissance de ce labrador, j'espère que ce sera pour bientôt   

Tiens-nous au courant!   

Je n'avance pas très vite, j'en suis à la 2ème histoire mais pour l'instant, je suis séduite ! J'aime beaucoup l'ambiance et les personnages. Je comprends pourquoi ITV a souhaité l'adapter !  

C'est chouette ! Ca donne envie !

Sinon, l'acteur James Norton, qui incarnera donc le héros dans la série tv , fait partie des acteurs british qui montent en ce moment. Il a joué le fiancé de Felicity Jones dans le film Cheerful weather for the wedding et apparaît aussi actuellement dans la nouvelle série policière BBC Happy Valley dans le rôle d'un personnage apparemment très peu recommandable. J'y jetterai bien un œil par curiosité  




Comme il a le vent en poupe, il a posé pour un magazine de mode (1883).   





d'autres photos ici : http://1883-magazine.tumblr.com/

Emjy a écrit:

Comme il a le vent en poupe, il a posé pour un magazine de mode (1883).

C'est surtout parce qu'il a un charme certain   

Shelbylee a écrit:

Emjy a écrit:

Comme il a le vent en poupe, il a posé pour un magazine de mode (1883).

C'est surtout parce qu'il a un charme certain   

Oui ça doit être ça  

Du coup, j'ai rajouté Happy Valley à mes séries à voir. Je ne sais même pas de quoi ça parle