Exclusive: Entertainment One (eOne) and British production company Mam Tor Productions are developing a TV adaptation of Helen Monks Takhar’s upcoming novel Precious You.
The book, which is a generation gap thriller, is being adapted by Monks Takhar herself and her husband Danny Takhar, who is a former Sky drama executive. Former BBC Films and Amazon exec Beth Pattison, who has worked on feature films including Brooklyn and On Chesil Beach, will serve as story consultant for the adaptation.
Precious You explores the explosive toxic rivalry between millennial, Lily, and Gen X queen, Katherine, when their professional and personal lives collide. As their resentment, and connection, deepens, the two are drawn into a dangerous and obsessive cat-and-mouse game.
The adaptation comes ahead of the publication of the novel by Harper Collins HQ in the UK and Penguin Random House in the U.S. It is expected to be released in April 2020. Monks Takhar,...
The book, which is a generation gap thriller, is being adapted by Monks Takhar herself and her husband Danny Takhar, who is a former Sky drama executive. Former BBC Films and Amazon exec Beth Pattison, who has worked on feature films including Brooklyn and On Chesil Beach, will serve as story consultant for the adaptation.
Precious You explores the explosive toxic rivalry between millennial, Lily, and Gen X queen, Katherine, when their professional and personal lives collide. As their resentment, and connection, deepens, the two are drawn into a dangerous and obsessive cat-and-mouse game.
The adaptation comes ahead of the publication of the novel by Harper Collins HQ in the UK and Penguin Random House in the U.S. It is expected to be released in April 2020. Monks Takhar,...
- 7/19/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment One (eOne) has struck a first-look deal with British scripted producer Mam Tor Productions.
The Designated Survivor studio has inked a multi-year deal with the company, which is run by Tally Garner.
Mam Tor is currently developing a number of projects including two projects that made it on the Black List UK; Autumn, a post-prison drama written by UK scribe Emily Marcuson (Doctors) and femme fatale drama series Full Front from by Hania Elkington, who is writing for Netflix’s The Innocents.
eOne will serve as the studio and handle international rights on all projects coming out of the partnership.
Garner previously set up Cuba Pictures with Curtis Brown, where she developed BBC and AMC drama McMafia and produced Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
“Tally’s creative ambitions and proven track-record, deep industry relationships and sharp instincts make her the ideal partner for eOne,” said Polly Williams, eOne’s Vice President,...
The Designated Survivor studio has inked a multi-year deal with the company, which is run by Tally Garner.
Mam Tor is currently developing a number of projects including two projects that made it on the Black List UK; Autumn, a post-prison drama written by UK scribe Emily Marcuson (Doctors) and femme fatale drama series Full Front from by Hania Elkington, who is writing for Netflix’s The Innocents.
eOne will serve as the studio and handle international rights on all projects coming out of the partnership.
Garner previously set up Cuba Pictures with Curtis Brown, where she developed BBC and AMC drama McMafia and produced Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
“Tally’s creative ambitions and proven track-record, deep industry relationships and sharp instincts make her the ideal partner for eOne,” said Polly Williams, eOne’s Vice President,...
- 11/29/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Film, TV lists to alternate from 2019.
The Brit List, the annual selection of the best unproduced screenplays as voted for by the industry, has launched a TV offshoot with an inaugural 20-strong crop of series.
Since 2007, a selection of screenplays for feature films has been published in the autumn. This will happen again in 2018, following on from the launch of The Brit List: TV. From 2019, the lists will alternate year by year from film to television.
The first Brit List: TV saw more than 100 nominations put forward by 70 British TV companies, with 20 making the final list by gaining two nominations or more from different participants. Companies can put forward three of their own projects, but must also submit three projects that they are now involved in. All voters are anonymous.
This year’s list features series from companies including BBC Studios, Scott Free and Warp Films.
Alexandra Arlango, who has overseen the Brit List over the last decade...
The Brit List, the annual selection of the best unproduced screenplays as voted for by the industry, has launched a TV offshoot with an inaugural 20-strong crop of series.
Since 2007, a selection of screenplays for feature films has been published in the autumn. This will happen again in 2018, following on from the launch of The Brit List: TV. From 2019, the lists will alternate year by year from film to television.
The first Brit List: TV saw more than 100 nominations put forward by 70 British TV companies, with 20 making the final list by gaining two nominations or more from different participants. Companies can put forward three of their own projects, but must also submit three projects that they are now involved in. All voters are anonymous.
This year’s list features series from companies including BBC Studios, Scott Free and Warp Films.
Alexandra Arlango, who has overseen the Brit List over the last decade...
- 2/23/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Two projects from Tally Garner's drama indie Mam Tor Productions, a thriller from HBO and Sky-backed Bad Wolf and a crime drama from Fleming producer Ecosse Films lead the Brit List 2018, the UK television equivalent of The Black List. The Brit List has published its first television rankings of unproduced drama scripts from British writers with 20 making the final list. Mam Tor has Autumn, a post-prison drama written by Holby City and Eastenders writer Emily Marcuson and…...
- 2/23/2018
- Deadline TV
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