There’s Going To Be A ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’ Series To Terrify A New Generation Of Teen Girls
"MIRANDA!!!!"
In 1975, Peter Weir directed a film adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock, a film that outwardly looked like a nice, straightforward period piece, but was far more radical and disturbing than that. The story of three schoolgirls going missing while picnicking on Valentine’s Day, 1900, was a chilling movie about longing, melancholy and the very specific vagueness of teenage girls.
Oh, it was also about a bunch of super creepy rocks.
Picnic at Hanging Rock seems have developed a cult following with Tumblr teens in the last few years — most likely due to how much it’s referenced on teen treasure trove, Rookie — and now Foxtel have announced that they’re making a six-part TV adaptation of the film.
“It is testament to the originality of author Joan Lindsay that her novel, charting the chilling mystery of the inexplicable disappearance of the three schoolgirls and their teacher at Hanging Rock and the secrets this event lays bare in its wake, still feels just as fresh, unsettling and relevant today,” FremantleMedia Australia director of drama Jo Porter told The Guardian.
“Bea Christian and Alice Addison’s incredible scripts are both brilliant renderings of this mystery and provocative explorations of the underlying themes of gender, control, identity and burgeoning sexuality.”
Interesting! It’s unclear why they didn’t just borrow from Hanging Rock and try to make something new, but remakes are very much the name of the game right now. The series will come out sometime in 2017.
#sadteenz