Director Ron Howard was originally planning to direct the Warner Bros adaptation of THE JUNGLE BOOK. However, after plans fell through, Ron Howard is continuing to work with Warner Bros on a new project; THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBART AFFAIR.
Originally a fantastic and greatly popular Swiss novel written by Joel Dicker, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR tells the story of a young novelist who finds himself swept into a murder mystery after his American mentor is somehow involved in the disappearance of a 15 year old girl. The book has done unbelievably well all across Europe and there seem to be plans to have the novel published in the US this May.
Ron Howard has been involved in a fair few book adaptations and has his work cut out for him at the moment as he is also currently working on an adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno. Ron Howard is going to have a pretty busy year by the looks of it. With the novel being so popular there are plenty of high expectations around the movie adaptation. Ron Howard has quite the challenge ahead, but judging by his previous work on book adaptations, I reckon he will be alright.
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Source: Deadline
