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Lena Dunham to get medieval with film of YA novel Catherine, Called Birdy Lena Dunham to get medieval with film of YA novel Catherine, Called Birdy
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Lena Dunham is to adapt Karen Cushman’s 1994 children’s book Catherine, Called Birdy, for the big screen. Speaking at the New Yorker festival in New York, Dunham revealed that she was currently working on a screenplay of the novel, which is set in 1290 England.  Lena Dunham is to adapt Karen Cushman’s 1994 children’s book Catherine, Called Birdy, for the big screen. Speaking at the New Yorker festival in New York, Dunham revealed that she was currently working on a screenplay of the novel, which is set in 1290 England.
The book lends a modern-day take to the growing pains of 12-year-old Catherine, who is told by her father that she’ll have to get married when she gets her first period.  The book lends a modern-day take to the growing pains of 12-year-old Catherine, who is told by her father that she’ll have to get married when she gets her first period.
“It’s hyper realistic and really pretty and it’s full of incest and beatings, but it’s a child’s story. I’ve been obsessed with it since I was a kid. “It’s hyper realistic and really pretty and it’s full of incest and beatings, but it’s a child’s story,” said Dunham. “I’ve been obsessed with it since I was a kid.
“It’s a really interesting examination of sort of like coming of age and what’s expected of teenage girls,” she said. “I’m going to adapt it and hopefully direct it, I just need to find someone who wants to fund a PG-13 medieval movie.”“It’s a really interesting examination of sort of like coming of age and what’s expected of teenage girls,” she said. “I’m going to adapt it and hopefully direct it, I just need to find someone who wants to fund a PG-13 medieval movie.”
Dunham, who has made three series of Girls and written her memoirs, said that the prospect of addressing familiar topics such as feminism “through a historical lens” appealed to her.  Dunham, who has made three series of Girls and has just released the memoir Not That Kind of Girl, said that the prospect of addressing familiar topics such as feminism “through a historical lens” appealed to her.
Dunham’s first film, Tiny Furniture, won the top prize at South by Southwest in 2010.  Her first film, Tiny Furniture, won the top prize at South by Southwest in 2010.