Abrams sees a Great World

J.J. Abrams is looking to get the creative wheels turning in his head for the novel adaptation of Let the Great World Spin. The book’s characters include a young Irish monk living among prostitutes in the Bronx; a group of mothers mourning their sons, killed in Vietnam, in a Park Avenue apartment; and a 38-year-old grandmother walking the streets with her teenage daughter. With comparisons to Don DeLillo’s work, McCann’s novel serves as an allegory of 9/11 and its aftermath (THR).

Abrams would act as producer for this project under Bad Robot with author Colum McCann actually penning the adaptation of the novel. At the moment Lost is getting ready to make it’s final leg of its television series under the company while the Harrison Ford starring film Morning Glory is the next to be released on the big screen. The feature comes out on July 30th, 2010.