‘Insomnia,’ a UK original drama series, has received a series order from Paramount+. The novel of the same name by renowned novelist Sarah Pinborough will be adapted for the series. The psychological thriller book was first released in 2022 by William Morrow & Co. Filming for the television adaptation, which is anticipated to be a miniseries with six episodes, will start in September 2023 in London, United Kingdom.
Since she started writing in 2004, Pinborough has released almost 20 novels. The popularity of Pinborough’s 2017 book “Behind Her Eyes,” which was converted into a television series of the same name and premiered on Netflix in 2021 with Simona Brown, Tom Bateman, Eve Hewson, and Robert Aramayo in the key roles, led to the television adaptation of the book “Insomnia.” The UK production company Left Bank Pictures, well known for creating popular television programmes including “The Crown” and “Outlander,” will produce “Insomnia.” Behind Her Eyes by Pinborough was also modified by it. The series will be distributed by Left Bank Pictures’ parent company, Sony Pictures Television.
There haven’t been any public casting announcements for the show as of yet. Likewise, the project has not yet hired a showrunner. Pinborough, though, is supposedly in charge of creating the script using her own sources. Emma Averill, a successful business woman who struggles with sleep deprivation as her 40th birthday approaches, is the main character of the 2017 psychological thriller book. Emma was horrified after learning that her mother had endured a similar ordeal and suffered a psychotic collapse on her 40th birthday. As Emma looks for solutions, she begins to think that other factors are at work and that the source of her insomnia is her sad history and unsettling realities.
Through Left Bank Pictures, Charlotte Essex, well known for her role as co-producer on the action-drama series “Killing Eve,” will produce “Insomnia.” In a variety of roles, Essex has also appeared in programmes like “Unforgotten,” “Gold Digger,” and “EastEnders.” Executive producers for the film will be “Behind Her Eyes” collaborators Andy Harries and Jessica Burdett. Tim Bricknell, who previously contributed to “The Power” on Amazon Prime Video, will join the pair.
The series was approved in March 2023 by Sebastian Cardwell, UK Deputy Chief Content Officer at Paramount. “Insomnia is a fantastic addition to our expanding UK scripted slate and serves as another illustration of the high-caliber local material that Paramount+ commissions from talented writers. In a news announcement about the project, Cardwell said, “We very much look forward to working with Left Bank Pictures on the series and seeing this pulse-pounding thriller come to life.
