{"id":35936,"date":"2022-08-25T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=35936"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:38:12","slug":"steven-moffats-the-time-travelers-wife-cancelled-by-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/08\/25\/steven-moffats-the-time-travelers-wife-cancelled-by-hbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Moffat’s The Time Traveler’s Wife Cancelled by HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HBO have decided not to go ahead with a second series of their adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife<\/em>, the hit novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Steven Moffat scripted the first series and also served as executive producer alongside Sue Vertue and former Doctor Who<\/em> colleague Brian Minchin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series had mixed reviews when it was shown earlier this year, and the cancellation is the latest chapter in a somewhat troubled history of bringing the novel to the screen, with a previous movie version, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, poorly received on its release in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Time Traveler’s Wife<\/em> tells the story of Henry who, stricken with a unique disease which sends him travelling in time unpredictably, meets Clare, the great love of his life, at various points in time. If that sounds familiar, it won’t be a surprise that Moffat has publicly acknowledged his debt to the novel as inspiration for The Girl in the Fireplace<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI read Audrey Niffenegger\u2019s The Time Traveler\u2019s Wife <\/em>many years ago, and I fell in love with it. In fact, I wrote a Doctor Who<\/em> episode called The Girl In The Fireplace<\/em> as a direct response to it. When, in her next novel, Audrey had a character watching that very episode, I realised she was probably on to me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Theo James and Rose Leslie played the leads in Moffat’s version, which Radio Times<\/a> said ‘hits some serious stumbling blocks from its first episode’, with The Guardian<\/a> opining that Moffat ‘takes the melodrama down a notch and salts the schmaltz with wit where he can’. Many reviewers pointed to the book’s sexual politics and depiction of the love story (Henry first encounters Clare as a child) as deeply problematic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can judge for yourself by viewing the series on HBO in the USA and Sky Atlantic\/Now TV in the UK, or on the DVD due out in October<\/a>. The unhappy history of adaptations of The Time Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/em> hasn’t put off those behind a forthcoming musical version<\/a>, set to make its debut at the Storyhouse theatre in Chester in September, before transferring to London\u2019s West End. Dave Stewart and Joss Stone have written the score for the production. <\/p>\n

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The Girl in the Fireplace was inspired by Audrey Niffenegger’s popular book too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Steven Moffat's The Time Traveler's Wife Cancelled by HBO","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[3998,1401,6934,6931,1473,4860,6933,6932,101,2824,764,3999,6935],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Time-Travelers-Wife-TV-series.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16792,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2018\/08\/01\/steven-moffat-adapting-the-time-travelers-wife-for-hbo\/","url_meta":{"origin":35936,"position":0},"title":"Steven Moffat Adapting The Time Traveler's Wife For HBO","author":"Andrew Reynolds","date":"1 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"HBO is the perfect home to tell this incredible story with all the scale and space it needs.\"","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Portrait of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Steven_Moffat_Mark_Gatiss.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Steven_Moffat_Mark_Gatiss.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Steven_Moffat_Mark_Gatiss.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35179,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/06\/04\/steven-moffat-teases-upcoming-shows-with-peter-capaldi-and-david-tennant\/","url_meta":{"origin":35936,"position":1},"title":"Steven Moffat Teases Upcoming Shows with Peter Capaldi and David Tennant","author":"Jonathan Appleton","date":"4 June 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Listen to your nightmares...","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Steven-Moffat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Steven-Moffat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Steven-Moffat.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Steven-Moffat.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Steven-Moffat.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10796,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2017\/07\/14\/doctor-who-executive-producer-brian-minchin-joins-hartswood-films\/","url_meta":{"origin":35936,"position":2},"title":"Doctor Who Executive Producer Brian Minchin Joins Hartswood Films","author":"Andrew Reynolds","date":"14 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian Minchin will swap the TARDIS for 221b Baker Street as he joins Steven Moffat in a brand-new role within Hartswood Films. 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