The Hunger Games producer Jim Miller adapting Heavy Duty crime novels into 'gritty' TV series
The Hunger Games producer Jim Miller is collaborating with crime novelist Iain Parke to adapt the author's Heavy Duty novels into a TV series.
The Hunger Games producer Jim Miller is making a "gritty" TV series based on the "violent, complex subculture" of British motorcycle clubs.
The BAFTA film award nominee is adapting Iain Parke's cult crime thriller Heavy Duty novel series for an "adrenaline-fuelled" TV production that is set in the North East of England.
The books - which began with 2009's Heavy Duty People, followed by 2011's Heavy Duty Attitude and 2012's Heavy Duty Trouble - delve into the "raw and dangerous" world of British outlaw bikers, of which characters from an outlaw motorcycle club are tangled in crime, loyalty, betrayal and brotherhood.
The project - which is regarded as "one of the most anticipated UK television adaptations in development" - is being worked on, and the widely acclaimed biker expert Edward Winterhalder serves as co-producer.
Casting, as well as a network, for the series will be announced in the "coming months".
Jim, 41, said: "I was immediately struck by the vividness of Iain’s world.
“It’s dangerous, unpredictable, and deeply human. There’s a raw truth to the characters that I think will resonate with audiences globally.
"These stories go way beyond the biker image; they’re about identity, survival, and family, found and forged."
Excited about collaborating with Jim, Iain added: "Jim brings a global sensibility and a cinematic vision that will elevate these stories while keeping them grounded in the gritty realism that fans love.
"This has always been a world ripe for the screen, dark, visceral, and full of moral complexity.”
