Cinemax, Scott Rudin Adapting 'Swamplandia' (Exclusive)

Cinemax will Florida with Scott Rudin. The premium cable network has acquired Swamplandia, one half-hour comedy project from Rudin according to Karen Russell's book of the identical title. Swamplandia involves Ava Bigtree, a 12-year-old alligator wrestler who embarks with an improbable journey with the mangrove backwoods of southwest Florida as she looks for her lost sister. Searching is arrived for any author around the project, with Rudin mounted on executive produce the comedy and author Russell talking to. Feature producer Rudin (The Social Networking) has several projects setup at Cinemax, including Aaron Sorkin's untitled cable news drama with Shaun Daniels, that was acquired to series in September. Additionally, Rudin is mounted on Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Jonathan Frazen's The Corrections and Cynthia Mort's half-hour comedy according to scribe Mary Karr's existence. Swamplandia marks Russell's first novel and 2nd book overall. Her work has made an appearance within the anthology The Very Best American Short Tales and also the NYer, amongst others. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Related Subjects Cinemax Scott Rudin TV Development