Pomare book adapted into Disney series
Rotorua-born author Joshua Pomare’s book is being adapted into a Disney series.
The 33-year-old, also known as J. P. Pomare, told the Rotorua Daily Post
he was “absolutely over the moon” that his second novel, In The Clearing,
would be adapted to an eight-part Disney series called The Clearing.
Pomare, who lives in Melbourne with his wife Paige and his 2-year-old daughter Blake, said filming would start at the end of June in rural
Victoria. The series will star Australian actress Miranda Otto, of Lord of the Rings fame, Guy Pearce, who starred in Memento, and Teresa Palmer from A Discovery of Witches.
Pomare said he felt a “strong sense of pride and joy” about the adaptation of his “favourite” book.
“I still pinch myself because it’s all happened so quickly and it’s such a privilege to have a big streamer on board — it’s very exciting.
“I’m extremely happy but it feels very much like [being] a tourist in this because it’s quite glamorous — I’m just sort of taking it in and enjoying the ride.”
The book was inspired by a cult which was “relatively unknown” outside of Victoria and was “most active” during the 1970s and 1980s.
The story is about a woman “recluse” who wanted to raise and protect her son, but did not engage in society in a way that “most of us do”.
“She sort of clashes in a way with this cult that’s living in the bush near here.”