Synchronicity Films Develops TV Adaptation Of Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘Mayflies’
Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Synchronicity Films, producer of Jenna Coleman-fronted BBC drama The Cry, is developing a TV adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel Mayflies.Synchronicity has attached Andrea Gibb to pen the limited series after she recently worked on BAFTA-winning BBC drama Elizabeth Is Missing, starring Glenda Jackson.Mayflies is a heart-breaking story about an extraordinary lifelong friendship forged between James and Tully in a small Scottish town in 1986.Their companionship takes them to Manchester, where they spend a magical weekend steeped in music and everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. They make a vow to each other that weekend to go at life differently.