Apple TV+ series Shantaram is go, with Kurzel but without Depp
By Karl Quinn August 15, 2019
"The long-awaited screen adaptation of Shantaram will begin shooting in Victoria in October, with Snowtown's Justin Kurzel directing the first two and final two episodes in the 10-part series for Apple TV. It is the first project the newly minted streaming player has backed in Australia, and among its first international productions. Former armed robber, prison escapee, and best-selling author Gregory David Roberts in 2005. The series will shoot in India and Victoria, with Docklands Studios and the former Pentridge Prison site in Coburg hosting much of the action. Regional Victoria is expected to double for Afghanistan in parts of the story. Shantaram has been adapted for the screen by Eric Warren Singer, who was nominated for an Oscar, alongside David O. Russell, for his screenplay for Russell's film American Hustlein 2014. The semi-autobiographical 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts tells the story of a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escapes from Pentridge and flees to India, where he reinvents himself as a doctor in a slum before embarking on a series of crazy adventures that include working as an extra in Bollywood, passport forgery in Mumbai, and arms trafficking in Afghanistan."
Hi
@fluffynymph,
from memory you had also read the book? Always thought it would be a movie with Johnny Deep. Oh well TV Series instead.
Cheers, mb
