‘Dickinson’ Producer Wiip Preps Series Adaptation of ‘1984’ Stage Play
Naman Ramachandran Independent studio Wiip (“Dickinson”) is adapting Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s play “1984,” based on George Orwell’s eponymous 1949 dystopian social science fiction novel, as a five-part series for television.The play had successful runs at the U.K.’s Nottingham Playhouse and the West End, as well as on Broadway.Executive producers on the series include Icke, Macmillan, and Wiip’s Paul Lee and David Flynn, with Flynn overseeing the project for the studio.“As the world grapples with democracy and government in our divided age of surveillance, ‘fake news’ and truth decay, the urgency of Orwell’s masterpiece is undeniable,” said Icke and Macmillan.