Costumes have been donned, lines spoken as the cast of CORMORAN STRIKE begin filming on THE CUCKOO’S CALLING, the first story in J.K. Rowling crime series.
In the first publicity shot (above) the British Strike and Robin can be seen standing outside Strike’s favorite pub, The Tottenham.
After selling millions of Harry Potter books, Rowling decided to write a detective series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Sales for THE CUCKOO’S CALLING were sparse, but when word slipped out that Galbraith with really Rowling, her fans took the crime novel to the top of the charts. THE SILKWORM and CAREER OF EVIL followed TCC and will also be filmed down the line.
THE CUCKOO’S CALLING will debut, on the BBC and HBO, in 2017.