Glimpses of HBO’s OLIVE KITTERIDGE & THE LEFTOVERS
In a year-end video, HBO wraps up 2013 and offers brief (warning: VERY brief) glimpses of the upcoming year, including several shows based on books or with book connections:
The Leftovers — based on the novel by Tom Perotta, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s; tie-in scheduled for 5/6/14)
Olive Kitteridge — based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)
The Normal Heart — adapted from the play by Larry Kramer, (Grove Press)
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays — Crystal’s one-man show, (Hachette/Grand Central), to be taped before a live audience
The video also includes glimpses of continuations of other series based on books — Game of Thrones (spring release), Boardwalk Empire (begins Sept. 8) and True Blood (final season; summer release).