EXCLUSIVE:HBOis developing a series adaptation of nonfiction bookEmpty Mansions, about a wealthy recluse.
Why were her valuables being sold off?
Was she in control of her fortune, or controlled by those managing her money?
Ido Fluk, Empty Mansions & Joe WrightMaureen Evans
Huguette was the daughter of self-made copper industrialist W.A.
She owned paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, a vast collection of antique dolls.
Empty Mansionsreveals a complex portrait of the mysterious Huguette and her intimate circle.
Wright also is behind films includingThe Woman in the WindowandCyrano.
He is also working with Fremantle production company The Apartment Pictures on a series based on Mussolini storyM.
Son of the Century.
