'Big Little Lies' Producer Bruna Papandrea Takes On '17 Years Later'

EXCLUSIVE : Bruna Papandrea and Made Up Stories are developing author J.P. Pomare’s crime-thriller novel 17 Years Later into a TV series.

The adaptation will be directed and executive-produced by John Polson ( Elementary ), with Pam Veasey ( CSI: NY ) serving as writer, showrunner and executive producer. Papandrea ( Big Little Lies ) will also executive produce alongside Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver and Katie Amos for Made Up Stories ( The Undoing ).

The novel follows “the shocking murder of the wealthy Primrose family as it haunts the small New Zealand town of Cambridge, with evidence leading to the conviction of their young chef, Bill Kareama. Seventeen years later, prison psychologist TK Phillips believes Bill deserves an appeal due to an unfair trial. When true-crime