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LUZZI: As I was writing the book, I think that the thing that I had to come to terms with with myself was that the grieving process had really exiled me from fatherhood as well, that I was completely dependent on my family to help me. MARTIN: Is that when you really woke up to your daughter? Because it did take you a long time to see her, understand your role as her father.

And it felt, at that point, that grief had ended and that I could begin the work of mourning. You know, at one point, I finally stepped out. And for me, it created this sort of inwardness that the grief became a kind of prison that became very hard to get out of. And I realized by the end of that year with carrying that feeling, that it had somehow heightened everything around me, that my whole life was seen through this perspective of grief, that my suffering was so intense - almost as though it was like living in a charged atmosphere. LUZZI: I talk about that immediate feeling of grief in the kind of shock and fog that you go into to kind of help you survive something - a sudden death like that. MARTIN: You describe something in the book called the electric air of grief. So the dark wood started out to mean something very personal, that moment of the great crisis in a way that defines your life as Dante wrote about it. It was as though I'd fallen through a trap door from the life that I had into one that, you know, I didn't want and was desperate to get that former life back. They captured better than anything else the way I felt about what had happened. And that image of exile from what had been my own life, Dante's words spoke to me. And Dante spent basically the last 20 years of his life wandering up and down Italy, looking for a home, feeling the pain of having lost Florence in a visceral way. The poem was written, the 'Divine Comedy,' after he was exiled from Florence in 1302. JOSEPH LUZZI: After Katherine's death, the poem started to take on these new levels of meaning for me because for the first time, I actually could hear Dante's voice. Joseph Luzzi has written about that time in his memoir, 'In A Dark Wood.' The title is borrowed from the opening lines of Dante's 'Divine Comedy.' But Luzzi, who teaches Italian literature, also took refuge in the words of Dante Alighieri. In grief, Luzzi turned to a pastor, a counselor, his family.

In the space of a morning, Luzzi became a widower and a father. Before she died, doctors delivered their daughter, Isabel. His wife, Catherine, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, was killed in a car crash. On November 29, 2007, Joseph Luzzi's life changed irreversibly. “We’re thrilled that our partners at Universal Television share that vision.” Officially, Dark Woods will be produced by Wolf Entertainment and Endeavor Content in association with Waverunner Studios.Ī proper start date/release date has not been announced.This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. “We have always had an eye on developing this story for television”, Elliot Wolf told the outlet. It will be executive produced by Dick Wolf and Elliot Wolf, with the latter being credited for leading the charge with the Universal deal.

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The Dark Woods TV series will be directed by Takashi Doscher and written by David Pergolini.

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Watch One Chicago on fuboTV: Watch over 67 live sports and entertainment channels with a 7-day FREE trial! Raymund was last seen in the eighth season of Chicago Fire, and while the door remains open for her character to return, the actress has made it clear that she’s also pursuing other opportunities. Fans will be even more excited to learn one of the Dark Woods stars is Chicago Fire alum Monica Raymund.ĭark Woods also stars Corey Stoll and Reid Scott, though it remains to be seen whether they and Raymund will reprise their roles in the TV adaptation. The Dick Wolf connection may be of interest to One Chicago fans, given the producers involvement with all three programs, as well as One Chicago-adjacent shows like Law & Order and FBI. Two ex-spouses, an embittered warden, and a councilwoman are brought together in light of the discovery, and must learn to put their differences aside if they want to uncover the truth and bring the volunteer’s murderer to justice. According to Deadline, Dark Woods will be adapted by Universal Television, which has already had success adopting other podcasts on TV.ĭark Woods centers around the body of a young volunteer that’s discovered in the California redwoods. The Dick Wolf-produced podcast has been a critical and commercial favorite since it debuted November 8, and now its headed to the small screen. Dark Woods is making the jump to the big screen.

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