I’m so excited to bring ‘Rivals’ to the screen, entertain fans of the beloved Cooperverse and introduce a whole new generation to the sweeping love stories, social satire and biting wit of Rutshire. Jilly’s iconic novels’ razor-sharp observations on class, sex, love and what it means to be British resonate even more today than when Jilly wrote them in the 1980s. Treadwell-Collins added: “I have been wooing Jilly Cooper since I first started working in television. We can’t wait to welcome Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of Rutshire to the platform.” We were thrilled when Dominic brought us these iconic books, and we leapt at the chance to bring them to life. Mason said: “The combination of Jilly Cooper and Disney+ is delightfully unexpected.
Avni Doshi, Frances Cha, Jane Fallon and more recommend their go-to novels that never fail to shine a light during dark times. I cannot wait to see who will be stepping into his shoes…let the hunt for our Rupert Campbell-Black commence!” Penguin authors on the funny and hopeful books that always cheer them up Avni Doshi, Frances Cha, Jane Fallon and more recommend their go-to novels that never fail to shine a light during dark times. Riders, the first and steamiest in the series, takes the lid off international showjumping, a sport where the brave. I know they will bring the boardroom battles and love triangles of my characters to life – particularly those of my devastatingly handsome hero. Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world, Jilly Coopers Rutshire Chronicles offer an intoxicating blend of skulduggery, swooning romance, sexual adventure and hilarious high jinks. “Throughout my childhood, my favourite word was ‘Disney’, and by a miraculous coincidence, greater-than-ever Disney are joining forces with an utterly brilliant drama company, Happy Prince, to turn my novel into a TV series. Treadwell-Collins is writing the adaptation alongside Wade (“The Riot Club”) with Sophie Goodhart (“The Baby”), Marek Horn, Mimi Hare & Clare Naylor (“The Accidental Husband”), Dare Aiyegbayo (“The Dumping Ground”), Kefi Chadwick (“Looted”), Tray Agyeman, and Sorcha Kurien Walsh (“The Pink Pill”) in the writers’ room.
Ī classic bestseller, Riders takes the lid off international show jumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals.Dominic Treadwell-Collins (“A Very English Scandal”) will exec produce alongside Cooper, Alexander Lamb (“The Bay”), literary agent Felicity Blunt, writer Laura Wade and Lee Mason, director of scripted content for Disney+. Having pinched each other's horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics. Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside, Riders offers an intoxicating blend of swooning romance, adventure and hilarious high jinks.īrooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. 'Fun, sexy and unputdownable - a classic' Marian Keyes
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