Robert K. Massie's 'Catherine the Great' could become an ABC TV show
Robert K. Massie鈥檚 biography 鈥淐atherine the Great,鈥� which was released in 2011, is reported to be in the process of being adapted into a limited series for ABC.
If the project goes forward, it will be adapted by writer Michael Cristofer, who snagged a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for writing the script for the play 鈥淭he Shadow Box,鈥� according to the .聽 Cristofer will executive-produce with Debra Martin Chase, who also produced the Whitney Houston film 鈥淪parkle,鈥� among other projects, and vice-president of ABC's Martin Chase Productions Charles Pugliese will also produce.
No word yet on when the series will air.
The news of a TV series adapted from 鈥淐atherine鈥� comes after the CW first aired its series 鈥淩eign,鈥� a fictionalized take on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, this fall, and, of course, after the success of the HBO hit series 鈥�Game of Thrones,鈥� which focuses on many fictional royal figures.
Massie鈥檚 book was critically well-received and was on the Monitor's list of recommended fall 2011 nonfiction titles, with Monitor books editor Marjorie Kehe calling it 鈥測et another compelling portrait of a Russian royal鈥� from Massie.
