There have been many successful series which have been based on books or novel series in the past. Series like Game of Thrones, The Witcher, and Sherlock are prime examples of that. A crime drama series, Strike, based on J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike novels, has been making a lot of headlines recently. The series was recently renewed for the 6th season and filming is also expected to start soon.
Strike has been renewed for a sixth season
Tom Burke is all set to reprise his role as Cormoran Blue Strike, an ex-war veteran who later becomes a private investigator. According to Deadline, Strike will be beginning their principal photography on February 12 later this month, and will see Burke and Holliday Grainger reprise their roles as Strike and Robin Venetia Ellacott, respectively.
Strike is based on J.K. Rowling‘s pseudonym Robert Galbraith’s novel series Cormoran Strike and season 6 of the series will be based on the sixth novel of the series, The Ink Black Heart. Although an official statement about the renewal of the series has not yet been made by BBC, it is expected to be made by the end of the month.
The Ink Black Heart follows the story of the murder of an animator who is subjected to online hate and is even accused of being transphobic.
J.K. Rowling clears the confusion around The Ink Black Heart‘s Eddie Ledwell
The Ink Black Heart revolves around the murder of a creator and animator, Eddie Ledwell, who was initially subjected to online hate and abuse and was later murdered. Ledwell was also accused of being transphobic and that is why when the book initially came out in 2022, fans asked J.K. Rowling if the character was based on herself. This is because she has also been subjected to online hate and accused of transphobia in the past.
J.K. Rowling decided to clear up the confusion around the accusations in a Q&A on Robert Galbraith’s website and wrote,
“With this book – I had been planning this book for so long and then a couple of the things that happen in this book have since happened to me. And so, I would like to be very clear that I haven’t written this book as an answer to anything that happened to me.
Although I have to say when it did happen to me, those who had already read the book in manuscript form were – are you clairvoyant? I wasn’t clairvoyant, I just – yeah, it was just one of those weird twists. Sometimes life imitates art more than one would like.”
Strike has been a massive critical success as the series has largely received positive reviews from fans and critics.
Strike is currently streaming on Spectrum.
