Amazon MGM Studios is engaged on a restricted collection adaptation of the e-book A Day of Fireplace: A Novel of Pompeii. The collection follows the lead as much as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in keeping with a report from Selection.

What do we all know concerning the A Day of Fireplace restricted collection?

The collection will probably be written by Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst, who may even function govt producers and showrunners for the undertaking. The e-book the collection relies on was written by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Vicky Alvear.

Whereas it’s unknown simply how the collection will go, the e-book follows a collection of overlapping tales concerning the folks residing in Pompeii within the lead as much as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The tales all give attention to day-to-day life in Pompeii earlier than its tragic destruction.

“Pompeii was a vigorous resort flourishing within the shadow of Mount Vesuvius on the top of the Roman Empire,” reads the official synopsis for the e-book. “When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the whole city could be destroyed. A few of its residents died within the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their tales.”

Hirst is greatest identified for creating the historic tv exhibits Vikings, The Tudors, and Billy the Child, all of which have been critically acclaimed, and the latter of which was renewed for a 3rd and last season at MGM+. He additionally served as the author for Elizabeth and was co-writer for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, each of which starred Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I of England.

(Supply: Selection)