Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go is being adapted at FX, with the network confirming they’ve given the adaptation a series order. Melissa Iqbal (The Nevers, Humans) is on board as the showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Iqbal wrote the pilot which executive producer Marc Munden will direct.
Author Kazuo Ishiguro, Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, Devs) Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Maria Fleischer of DNA Productions are also involved as executive producers. Garland adapted Ishiguro’s novel for the 2010 feature film directed by Mark Romanek and starring Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield.
“Never Let Me Go is a modern science fiction classic that Melissa Iqbal and the creative team have brilliantly adapted for FX as a drama exploring timely and unsettling themes on life and the ethics of technology,” stated Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “We are honored to partner with Andrew and Allon at DNA Productions, Searchlight Television, Alex Garland, Marc Munden, Kazuo Ishiguro, and the incredible cast on this exciting new project.”
Never Let Me Go will air on Hulu in the United States.
The series will star Viola Prettejohn (The Nevers), Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), Aiysha Hart (Desert Warrior), Spike Fearn (Tell Me Everything), and Shaniqua Okwok (Small Axe). Gary Beadle (Wheel of Time), Kwami Odoom (Death in Paradise), Susan Brown (Game of Thrones), Keira Chanse (The Wheel of Time), and Edward Holcroft (Kingsman: The Secret Service) also star in season one.
FX released the following description of the series:
“In this sci-fi thriller, Thora (Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone, escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society, but as she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.”
