Woodrell is also known for his novel Woe to Live On, adapted into the Ride with the Devil film, directed by Ang Lee as well as Tomato Red adapted by Irish writer and director Juanita Wilson. Woe to Live on Daniel Woodrell, Author Henry Holt & Company 16.45 (214p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0283-6 Narrator Jake Roedel is in his mid-teens when he joins the First Kansas Irregulars in 1861. On the film side, the indie studio produced and distributed the Oscar-nominated adaptation of his novel Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence. The Bayou Trilogy marks the second adaptation of Woodrell’s work by Lionsgate. Woodrell’s novels often has been compared to Leonard’s work, with LA Times’ review of Muscle for the Wing saying that “Woodrell does for the Ozarks what… Elmore Leonard did for Florida.” They’re currently working on a reunion season of the series to be adapted from the Elmore Leonard novel, City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The genre is familiar terrain for Beverly and Timberman, who produced FX’s Southern crime series Justified, based on the Elmore Leonard short story Fire in the Hole. We’ve chased Woodrell’s Louisiana opus for over a decade and are thrilled to finally bring these audacious, genre-defining novels to television.”
“He plunges readers into the murky depths of his characters’ lives, often revealing ugly truths, then quickly derails any premature scorekeeping by peeling back the layers of their humanity and emotional turmoil. “Daniel Woodrell is a brilliant storyteller, wordsmith and poet, and his books are a master class in character, crime fiction and the South,” said Beverly.
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