Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel novels to be adapted for cinema

Deon Meyer.

Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel novels are being adapted for the cinema.

The award-winning author has just published the latest novel in the book series titled, The Dark Flood. The books center on Benny Griessel, a Detective Inspector from Cape Town who investigates crimes and fights his own personal demons.

In an interview with News24 Books, the 63-year-old revealed that a British company opted for the entire literary series.

“I saw the first script, and I think it’s very good. They have a very good team working on it, and I’m involved too. They are going to launch South Africans. They hope to start the year early in the year. next. We hope to make an announcement soon, ”Deon said.

Deon’s work is no stranger to screen adaptations. The adaptation of his novel Trackers – a co-production between M-Net and Cinemax – broke audience records and became the most popular show on M-Net in 2019. It continued to make its international debut on Cinemax in June 2020.

Other series include The cap, an adaptation of the book Death before you die broadcast in 2016 on Universal TV and Orion released on kykNET in 2006.

Deon added that they were busy adapting three books, two for television, one for a movie. He said that while the process is fun, it also takes a long time “because it keeps me from writing the next novel.”

“But we’re living in a new golden age of television, with streaming platforms and so on, so you have to take the opportunity while it’s there.”

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