Author says she ‘did not have a negotiating position’, after selling the rights of her novel to MGM for a 1990 film, which the studio retained
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, has revealed that profits from the hugely successful 2017 TV series of her novel did not go to her, after having sold on the rights for a film adaptation almost three decades ago.
Hulu’s recent TV series of The Handmaid’s Tale was a critical success, winning four Emmys and prompting a new mainstream appreciation for Atwood’s work, particularly her 1985 novel, a dystopian tale about a woman used as a breeding vessel in a puritan and misogynist America.
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