BBC Films and Origin Pictures to make Ordinary Thunderstorms

1 July, 2009 | By Geoffrey Macnab



David Thompson’s production company Origin Pictures and BBC Films have secured film rights to William Boyd’s new novel Ordinary Thunderstorms, ahead of its publication in September.



The book, which Boyd will adapt himself, is a thriller set against the backdrop of a huge drug-testing conspiracy, where an ordinary man is accused of a crime he did not commit and has to evade the powers that want him dead.



Thompson said: “It’s a hugely exciting proposition and very rare to come across a big London-set thriller that is both sophisticated and unpredictable in equal measure. We’re thrilled to be working with Will and the BBC, and are itching to get on and make this film.”