The Walsh Sisters, which is set to begin filming in 2025, has been billed as a ‘comedy about serious things’
Marian Keyes has won five Irish Book Awards and was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2022. Photograph: Dean Chalkley/Penguin
Speaking about the announcement, Keyes said: “I’m really excited. The scripts are amazing. They’ve really kept the spirit of the books. The author says viewers can expect the series to focus more on the characters of Anna and Rachel, with her novels almost “woven together into one gigantic book”. The Walsh Sisters is set to be directed by Ian Fitzgibbon and produced by award-winning independent production companies Cuba Pictures and Metropolitan Films International, in association with the led the writing team on four of the six episodes and is also an executive producer. Rivals’ Kefi Chadwick completed the team with two episodes.
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