Screen Project
In Development as an Eight-Part Limited Television Series
Jonah’s Whale: A Tale of Triumph
Based on the novel by Lyn Phoenix.
About the novel- Project title
- Jonah’s Whale: A Tale of Triumph
- Format
- Eight-Part Limited Television Series
- Genre
- Historical Family Drama · Faith
- Setting
- Nineteenth-century Australia
- Logline
- Jonah Jenkins, a young man facing communication and learning challenges, journeys through adversity, love, family, and faith, revealing that a person’s worth is measured not by limitations but by the love and purpose they bring into the world.
- Core themes
- Faith
- Dignity
- Perseverance
- Family
- Love
- Source material
- Jonah’s Whale: A Tale of Triumph, a novel by Lyn Phoenix
- Novel recognition
- ChristLit Book Award
- Development status
- In Development
Visual Direction
Cinematic and historical: open country, working farmland and the slow light of the New South Wales countryside.
- Period textures
- Farmland, river & coast
- Warm natural light
- Horses & open country