Anne Rice’s ‘Angel Time’ Headed To CBS

CBS is working on a small screen adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Angel Time.

The novel from the acclaimed author of Interview with the Vampire is part of her Songs of the Seraphim series. According to Worst Previews, Rice penned the book during her return to the Catholic faith.

Deadline is reporting that Memphis Beat writers Joshua Harto and Liz Garcia will tackle the script on Angel Time. Anne Rice will reportedly serve as executive producer on the series.

Reports suggest that The A-Team and The Grey director Joe Carnahan will direct the pilot episode of Angel Time. The talented filmmaker will also executive producer the show alongside Anne Rice.

The series will follow the adventures of an assassin who decides to seek salvation after bumping into an angel. After reaching an agreement with the otherworldly being, the hitman is transformed into a priest and transported back to the 13th century England.

Here’s how Amazon describes the book:

“It’s the present day. Toby O’Dare—aka Lucky the Fox—is a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. He’s a soulless soul, a dead man walking. His nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions is disrupted when a mysterious stranger, a seraph, offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O’Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest, seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear. In this primitive setting, O’Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.”

Angel Time isn’t the only Anne Rice-related project currently in development. Variety reported earlier this summer that FilmDistrict will help bring the novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt to the big screen. Cyrus Nowrasteh is slated to direct.

What do you think about CBS developing Anne Rice’s Angel Time as a series?

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