Whether or not fans camp out for the midnight showing remains to be seen. But J.K. Rowling's first non-Harry Potter novel, “The Casual Vacancy,†is to be adapted into a TV drama to be broadcast by the BBC in 2014, The Guardian reported.
The novel, which chronicles the fallout created by the sudden death of a member of the parish in the fictional English village of Pagford, will be Ms. Rowling's television debut. Although the book received some poor reviews, it has secured a place on best-seller lists.
“I always felt that, if it were to be adapted, this novel was best suited to television,†Ms. Rowling told The Guardian, “and I think the BBC is the perfect home.â€
