EXCLUSIVE: Classic New Zealand novel Once Were Warriors, memorably adapted for film by Lee Tamahori in 1994, is getting a TV adaptation from Wheel Of Time exec Rick Selvage and the novel’s author Alan Duff.
A companion novel called Once Were Warriors: Generations is also being lined up. Duff is teaming up with Onphaya’s Selvage and the latter’s producing partner, Peta Johnson, who will both serve as executive producers.
In the original novel and film a family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Once Were Warriors: Generations will bring the Heke family forward 30 years to the present day with a new generation of characters and stories.
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