TV Shows That Are Longer Than the Book Versions
7 Shows That Have Expanded Past Their Humble Book Beginnings
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Tom Perrotta helped translate his book The Leftovers onto the TV screen as a cocreator and screenwriter on the HBO adaptation, which stars Justin Theroux, Liv Tyler, and Ann Dowd. Perrotta tells an apocalyptic story in which 140 million people suddenly vanish from the Earth in an event called Sudden Departure. Both the first season and novel focus on the Garvey family and their life in the fictional small town of Mapleton.
The second season of The Leftovers imagines stories beyond the novel when the characters move to Jarden, Texas, where no one was affected by the Sudden Departure. By its last and third season, the show had long departed from its original source, and we see the characters in Australia seven years after the massive event.