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‘Death In Paradise’ Producer Red Planet Strikes Deal With ITV’s ‘Our House’ Author Louise Candlish For Two More Adaptations & Sets Sights Outside UK
23.11.2022 - 12:09 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Death in Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures has struck a deal with ITV’s Our House author Louise Candlish and is seeking more work outside the UK, helped by new owner Asacha Media Group.
The company founded by lauded British screenwriter Tony Jordan, which also makes PBS Masterpiece/BritBox’s Sanditon, is working on a number of projects targeted at non-UK buyers.
Candlish will work with Red Planet’s Our House exec Tom Mullens on TV drama ideas while Red Planet has optioned two further Candlish novels, 2016’s The Swimming Pool and upcoming thriller The Only Suspect, the latter of which will be adapted by Simon Ashdown.
The Candlish deal comes fresh off the back of the success of ITV’s adaptation of the Martin Compston-starring Our House, which was watched by more than 5M viewers per episode and is one of ITV’s biggest new dramas of this year.
Belinda Campbell, Joint Managing Director of Red Planet with Alex Jones, said the company has a “really good relationship with and clear vision of how to develop Louise’s profile and capitalize on Our House’s success.”
“These are high-end shows within a popular drama framework – grabby ideas that can land,” she added. “Louise has such an incredible ability to find stories that feel resonant but with unique twists and turns.”
Jones talked up the Candlish deal as coming at a “really tough” time in the book optioning market, with known IP being snapped up by behemoths left, right and center. In the week that Deadline interviewed Red Planet, adaptations of The Day of the Jackal, Rebus and Booker Prize winner The Narrow Road to the Deep North were all unveiled by major producers.
No network is attached to the Candlish adaptations as of yet but the company will take the
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‘PhoneShop’ Creator Phil Bowker Strikes Deal With Tiger Aspect; Latest Paramount+ Launches; BBC ‘Nightsleeper’ Drama
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Red Hot Chili Peppers announce Scottish date as part of global tour
The Red Hot Chili Pepper s are coming to Scotland as part of the European leg of their 2023 world tour.
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05.12.2022 / 16:05
World Cup Ratings: France Vs Poland Sets New Record For TF1
With another winning performance at the World Cup, this time defeating Poland in the round of 16, the French national football team also led broadcaster TF1 to yet another ratings record for the year. An average 14.3 million viewers tuned in to see Les Bleus notch a 3-1 victory on Sunday, from the 4pm hour local time. This is the best score for all channels across 2022 and since July 2021. The audience share was 68.9%.
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04.12.2022 / 20:33
In ‘All That Breathes’, Brothers Rescue Delhi’s Ailing Birds Of Prey In “A Bit Of A Tiny Miracle” – Contenders Documentary
Director Shaunak Sen says his award-winning film All That Breathes can be seen as “a kind of love story between man and bird.”
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03.12.2022 / 17:41
Gurinder Chadha Talks Discovering ‘Bond’ Hopeful Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Plans For First Punjabi Film & Saudi Version Of ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ – Red Sea Festival
Gurinder Chadha revealed in an In-Conversation at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival on Saturday, that she had been approached about collaborating on a local version of her hit 2002 hit Bend It Like Beckham during her trip to the festival.
deadline.com
30.11.2022 / 12:35
Universal International Studios Strikes Deal With Dominic Buchanan & Bennett McGhee’s Home Team
Universal International Studios (UIS) has signed an exclusive deal with Home Team, the UK film and TV production outfit run by The End of the F***ing World exec Dominic Buchanan and Mogul Mowgli’s Bennett McGhee.
deadline.com
28.11.2022 / 14:47
Channel 5 Hails ‘Black Cab’; The Garden Hires; Ealing Studios Expansion; Catherine Martin Award; Sky Comedy Rep — Global Briefs
Channel 5 Hails ‘Black Cab’ With Robert Glenister, Suzanne Packer & Sean Pertwee
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21.11.2022 / 08:59
‘Walking Dead’ Stars Lauren Cohan & Jeffrey Dean Morgan On Tonight’s Series Finale & Why ‘Dead City’ Spinoff Is No ‘Moonlighting’
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s The Walking Dead series finale & The Walking Dead: Dead City spinoff coming next year.
deadline.com
18.11.2022 / 16:33
International Insider: Amazon Freevee Rescues ‘Neighbours’; From Poland To ‘Joyland’; Marrakech Matters; Qatar World Cup Looms
Insiders: it’s Friday, you’re hungry for a recap of big international film and TV news and I’ve got a pot of stories boiling on the hob. Jesse Whittock here dishing up the scoops of the week.
dailyrecord.co.uk
18.11.2022 / 14:51
The story of creepy Devil's Pulpit rock and 'blood-red' river that featured in Outlander
One of Scotland's most unsettling natural sights is found between Glasgow and Loch Lomond, and its reputation is just as sinister as its name.
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16.11.2022 / 15:49
Poland’s Camerimage Festival Responds To Missile Strike On Ukrainian Border: “No Reason To Think That It Can Endanger Our Guests”
Poland’s Camerimage film festival was in full swing with a packed-out screening of Top Gun: Maverick and a masterclass hosted by Baz Luhrmann when news broke that a missile had struck within the country, killing two people.
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16.11.2022 / 05:57
New Pics Show OnlyFans Model Covered In Blood After Allegedly Stabbing Boyfriend To Death
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