Two mid-20th century classic American novels are about to become TV mini-series. Joseph Heller’s 1961 war satire, Catch-22, is being made into a six part TV series starring and directed by George Clooney. The actor will play Colonel Athwart, previously played by Martin Balsom in the 1970 cinema adaptation. The series will be shot early in 2018 as a co-production made by Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. Meanwhile Netflix is turning Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (1959) into a ten-part series.