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Gone Bamboo have been acquired by producers Webster and Robert Stone (
Gone In Sixty Seconds) for a scripted series of the story set on the Caribbean island of St. Martin [via
Gone Bamboo follows hedonistic assassin Henry Denard who fails to cap a career-best hit and enlists the help of his skilled wife Helen to finish the job and keep the peace on the island.
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In the book’s introduction Bourdain wrote: “I wanted to write a sociopath beach book. I wanted a hero and heroine as lazy, mercenary, lustful and free of redeeming qualities as I sometimes see myself.”
In addition to being a renowned chef, journalist, non-fiction writer, and TV host, the late
Anthony Bourdain also wrote novels. One of his books, a comedic crime thriller called
Gone Bamboo, is now becoming a TV series from producers
Webster Stone and
The Conspirator, Gone in Sixty
Seconds, and
The Negotiator. The story follows a former CIA-trained assassin who enters the Witness Protection Program, only to have his past come back to haunt him.
Deadline broke the news that
Gone Bamboo, the novel by Anthony Bourdain, is being turned into a TV series. There’s no network or streaming service in place just yet, but Webster Stone and Robert Stone have acquired the rights for scripted series based on a pilot. The book was published in 1997, with Bourdain saying: “I wanted to write a sociopath beach book. I wanted a hero and heroine as lazy, mercenary, lustful and free of redeeming qualities as I sometimes see myself.”