Apple TV + production of Shantaram halted due to lack of screenwriter

Shantaram halts production due to lack of scriptwriter

One of the series that had been announced by Apple TV + and that it was already being filmed to present it in the near future, it has had to stop its production due to a lack of scriptwriters. Shantaram was being written by Eric Warren Singer but due to the abandonment of this, the series has stopped its advance.

According to new information, the series has run out of the most important person and we are not talking about the protagonists. We are talking about the person who writes the story, the dialogues and everything that should happen in the series.

Shantaram will have an uncertain future with the lack of a screenwriter

The series production was already in full swing and Two of the ten chapters promised for the first season had been shot so far. However, it is not known if there will be this first season, because the scriptwriter of the series has decided to abandon ship.

Although at the time an attempt was made to hire a second screenwriter, it was not finally carried out and now it has been known that the one there is will leave. Bad news for what could be a new series on Apple TV + and that the content of the platform was increasing.

Shantaram had been created by adapting Gregory David Roberts's 2003 novel of the same name. The plot centers on an Australian bank robber addicted to heroin who escapes from prison and flees to the slums of India. It is true that the first 10 episodes had been written in outline form, but not in depth. In this way, it is difficult for filming to start again in a short period of time. and it is even rumored that it will be eliminated.

Not only Apple is unhappy with this news. The series was produced in Australia through a $ 7.4 million grant from the Federal Government Placement Incentive program. It was also supported by the Film Victoria Production Incentive Attraction Fund.

Hopefully, for the sake of all those involved and the users that this setback is solved.


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