Monday, March 16, 2015

Roma Downey on The Dovekeepers

BACKGROUND: Roma Downey says she was 'profoundly moved' by 'The Dovekeepers' novel. "I was so profoundly moved by it that I was weeping openly on the plane," Downey says of reading Alice Hoffman's novel (Karen Butler, UPI).
LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- Producer Roma Downey says she was determined to bring The Dovekeepers to the screen after falling in love with Alice Hoffman's historical novel on an airplane.

Downey and her husband Mark Burnett eventually adapted the book as a miniseries, which is set to air on CBS March 31 and April 1. ...
More background on the forthcoming miniseries and the novel is here and many links.