Exclusive: The BBC is keeping its Agatha Christie tradition alive by setting Towards Zero as its next adaptation of the great author’s work.
Following on from 2023’s limited series Murder Is Easy, the BBC has commissioned Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited to reimagine the writer’s 1944 novel.
Towards Zero unfolds around the murder of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house, linking a failed suicide attempt, a schoolgirl wrongfully accused of theft, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player.
The book will be adapted by Rachel Bennette, the writer behind BAFTA-nominated Zadie Smith adaptation Nw. She has also written on World on Fire and Ripper Street.
Towards Zero will go into production over the summer. The series is co-produced by BritBox International, while Fifth Season will handle international distribution.
Executive producers are James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited; Damien Timmer and Sheena Bucktowonsing for Mammoth Screen; Rachel Bennette,...
Following on from 2023’s limited series Murder Is Easy, the BBC has commissioned Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited to reimagine the writer’s 1944 novel.
Towards Zero unfolds around the murder of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house, linking a failed suicide attempt, a schoolgirl wrongfully accused of theft, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player.
The book will be adapted by Rachel Bennette, the writer behind BAFTA-nominated Zadie Smith adaptation Nw. She has also written on World on Fire and Ripper Street.
Towards Zero will go into production over the summer. The series is co-produced by BritBox International, while Fifth Season will handle international distribution.
Executive producers are James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited; Damien Timmer and Sheena Bucktowonsing for Mammoth Screen; Rachel Bennette,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Edward Bluemel (Killing Eve), Lydia Rose Bewley (The Inbetweeners) and Yolanda Kettle (Marcella) have joined the cast of Netflix and MRC’s Jane Austen movie Persuasion, which is now underway in the UK.
Already announced are Dakota Johnson (50 Shades Of Grey), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Suki Waterhouse (The Divergent Series: Insurgent), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Nw), Ben Bailey Smith – aka Doc Brown (The Split), Izuka Hoyle (The Outpost), Mia McKenna-Bruce (Get Even) and Nia Towle (The Hollow).
Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot (Johnson), an unconforming woman living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy. Unmarried and 27-years-old, Anne reconnects with a man (Jarvis) she was once persuaded to reject and faces a second chance at love.
The book was the last novel written by Austen, author of classics such as Sense and Sensibility,...
Already announced are Dakota Johnson (50 Shades Of Grey), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Suki Waterhouse (The Divergent Series: Insurgent), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Nw), Ben Bailey Smith – aka Doc Brown (The Split), Izuka Hoyle (The Outpost), Mia McKenna-Bruce (Get Even) and Nia Towle (The Hollow).
Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot (Johnson), an unconforming woman living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy. Unmarried and 27-years-old, Anne reconnects with a man (Jarvis) she was once persuaded to reject and faces a second chance at love.
The book was the last novel written by Austen, author of classics such as Sense and Sensibility,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
FX is bringing back Shōgun to the small screen. In what the network describes as In its largest international scale production to date, it has given a 10-episode order to a limited series period drama based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel. The book previously spawned a miniseries on NBC, which aired over five nights in 1980, starring Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune and Yoko Shimada, earning multiple Emmys, Golden Globes and a Peabody award.
The FX series has had a blinking green light for more than seven months as the network worked on figuring out logistics for the ambitious project.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then. We are honored to bring the series...
The FX series has had a blinking green light for more than seven months as the network worked on figuring out logistics for the ambitious project.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then. We are honored to bring the series...
- 8/3/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
If you watched The Handmaid's Tale, you probably found yourself falling for Luke, Offred's husband. You probably also found yourself thinking, "Where have I see that guy before?" The answer, if you grew up watching any kind of UK television, is everywhere. As well as making some seriously impressive stage appearances, Rada-trained O-t Fagbenle has been on British TV screens for over a decade, and you may have seen him in anything from teen soap As If to international exports like Doctor Who. He starred in teen comedy Grown Ups, appeared in the BBC's fashion drama Material Girl, and played the tough guy in The Interceptor. More recently, he had a role in HBO's Looking, and the adaptation of Zadie Smith's novel Nw.
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The Handmaid's Tale has seen his star rise even further (you...
Related: Feast Your Eyes on the Entire Cast of The Handmaid's Tale Season 2
The Handmaid's Tale has seen his star rise even further (you...
- 5/13/2018
- by Gemma Cartwright
- Popsugar.com
Foreplays is a column that explores under-known short films by renowned directors. Len Lye's N or Nw (1938) is free to watch below.New Zealander Len Lye is known, above all, for his experimental short films—such as A Colour Box (1935), Colour Cry (1953), or Free Radicals (1958)—where he would work directly by drawing and painting on or manipulating the film strip in a variety of ways. But, throughout his prolific career, he also worked with classical animation, live-action film (including a series of war documentaries), as well as pieces that combined a number of these techniques. Lye’s incessant curiosity drove him to develop his interests in many different artistic fields: beyond drawing and painting, he took photographs and built kinetic sculptures, and he produced a large body of writing that covers different styles, forms, and genres. N or Nw (1937) is one of the four films Lye did for the...
- 2/8/2018
- MUBI
Americans love British television. It’s up there as one of our very favorite things the UK has given us, right after Adele and right before Harry Potter. That said, try to contain your excitement when you hear about BritBox, a new streaming service that brings us in the good ol’ U.S. of A an easily accessible way to watch the best TV from across the pond.
Read More: ‘Nw’ Teaser Trailer: Zadie Smith’s Epic Novel Gets Raw BBC Two Adaptation
The UK’s top two networks, BBC Worldwide and ITV, have teamed up to launch this new platform, which brings an unrivaled digital catalogue of British content. If you can name it, they’ve got it – Ricky Gervais’ original “The Office”? Check. How about the Colin Firth “Pride & Prejudice” all of our moms still love? Got it. “Gavin & Stacey,” for all the people who want to see...
Read More: ‘Nw’ Teaser Trailer: Zadie Smith’s Epic Novel Gets Raw BBC Two Adaptation
The UK’s top two networks, BBC Worldwide and ITV, have teamed up to launch this new platform, which brings an unrivaled digital catalogue of British content. If you can name it, they’ve got it – Ricky Gervais’ original “The Office”? Check. How about the Colin Firth “Pride & Prejudice” all of our moms still love? Got it. “Gavin & Stacey,” for all the people who want to see...
- 3/7/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
Forthcoming novel chronicles real life story of the man who was the inspiration for the character M in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels.
Poldark producer Mammoth Screen is to adapt Henry Hemming’s upcoming non-fiction book M: Maxwell Knight, MI5’s Greatest Spymaster.
The ITV-owned indie optioned the rights to the spy book from Gemma Hirst Associates on behalf of the Jonathan Conway Literary Agency.
Bridge Of Spies writer Matt Charman is adapting the book as a series and the deal includes the option for two further projects.
M tells the story of MI5’s Maxwell Knight, a spymaster who helped break up British fascism during the Second World War.
The character is the inspiration of the agent in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, most recently played on screen by Judi Dench in films including Quantum Of Solace and Ralph Fiennes in Spectre.
The book will be published Preface in the UK on 4 May and by...
Poldark producer Mammoth Screen is to adapt Henry Hemming’s upcoming non-fiction book M: Maxwell Knight, MI5’s Greatest Spymaster.
The ITV-owned indie optioned the rights to the spy book from Gemma Hirst Associates on behalf of the Jonathan Conway Literary Agency.
Bridge Of Spies writer Matt Charman is adapting the book as a series and the deal includes the option for two further projects.
M tells the story of MI5’s Maxwell Knight, a spymaster who helped break up British fascism during the Second World War.
The character is the inspiration of the agent in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, most recently played on screen by Judi Dench in films including Quantum Of Solace and Ralph Fiennes in Spectre.
The book will be published Preface in the UK on 4 May and by...
- 2/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
Starz and BBC are rounding out the cast for limited series Howards End, based on E.M. Forster’s classic novel. Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin, Mad Men) and newcomers Philippa Coulthard (The Catch, Secrets and Lies), Joseph Quinn (Dickensian) have signed on to the four-part series, alongside Rosalind Eleazar (National Treasure, Nw) and Alex Lawther (Imitation Game, Black Mirror). They join previously announced Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tracey Ullman. Howards End…...
- 2/17/2017
- Deadline TV
Former BBC Films boss Christine Langan picks up Zadie Smith novel for TV adaptation.
Baby Cow, the indie co-founded by Steve Coogan, is developing a television adaption of Zadie Smith’s latest novel Swing Time.
Smith will work with husband and novelist Nick Laird to adapt the book which was published earlier this week.
Baby Cow reached a deal with Katie Haines at The Agency in association with Georgia Garrett at Rogers, Coleridge and White.
Set in north west London and west Africa, Swing Time follows two girls who dream of being dancers. Their close but complicated childhood friendship ends abruptly in their early 20s never to be rekindled.
Swing Time is Baby Cow’s first acquisition since former head of BBC Films Christine Langan became chief executive this month.
Langan described Smith as “the voice of a generation”.
“Swing Time is a thrillingly ambitious story of friendship, rivalry and fame,” she added.
“We...
Baby Cow, the indie co-founded by Steve Coogan, is developing a television adaption of Zadie Smith’s latest novel Swing Time.
Smith will work with husband and novelist Nick Laird to adapt the book which was published earlier this week.
Baby Cow reached a deal with Katie Haines at The Agency in association with Georgia Garrett at Rogers, Coleridge and White.
Set in north west London and west Africa, Swing Time follows two girls who dream of being dancers. Their close but complicated childhood friendship ends abruptly in their early 20s never to be rekindled.
Swing Time is Baby Cow’s first acquisition since former head of BBC Films Christine Langan became chief executive this month.
Langan described Smith as “the voice of a generation”.
“Swing Time is a thrillingly ambitious story of friendship, rivalry and fame,” she added.
“We...
- 11/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
Baby Cow, the film and TV production company co-founded by Steve Coogan, has acquired Zadie Smith’s new novel Swing Time. Smith will adapt the book herself, with Nick Laird, for television. This marks the company’s first significant buy since former BBC Films head Christine Langan took over as Baby Cow CEO. Award-winning British author Smith has previously written the critical hits White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty and Nw. Swing Time was published this week to…...
- 11/17/2016
- Deadline TV
Beloved British author Zadie Smith has already seen one of her novels — the lauded 2000 offering “White Teeth” — turned into a television version, and now her “Nw” is getting similar treatment. The 2012 Women’s Prize for Fiction nominee will soon hit BBC Two as a 90-minute telepic that weaves together the stories of four childhood friends who are all struggling to overcome their past as they make their way through adulthood.
The story’s four protagonists — Leah Hanwell, Natalie (née Keisha) Blake, Felix Cooper and Nathan Bogle — all grew up together in North-West London (the “Nw” of the title) on the fictional Caldwell council estate, and have endeavored (in some very different ways) to break free of the world they first knew. While Natalie (Nikki Amuka-Bird) has managed to turn herself into a wealthy, successful barrister, her childhood pal Leah (Phoebe Fox) still struggles with both money and ambition. Chance encounters rule in the story,...
The story’s four protagonists — Leah Hanwell, Natalie (née Keisha) Blake, Felix Cooper and Nathan Bogle — all grew up together in North-West London (the “Nw” of the title) on the fictional Caldwell council estate, and have endeavored (in some very different ways) to break free of the world they first knew. While Natalie (Nikki Amuka-Bird) has managed to turn herself into a wealthy, successful barrister, her childhood pal Leah (Phoebe Fox) still struggles with both money and ambition. Chance encounters rule in the story,...
- 11/4/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Trailer Premiere: BBC’s Adaptation of Zadie Smith’s ‘Nw’ + Release Date Set (Nikki Amuka-Bird Stars)
Nikki Amuka-Bird (“Luther”) and Phoebe Fox (“Hollow Crown”) star in the upcoming BBC adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel “Nw.” “Nw” tells the story of Natalie and Leah, friends who grew up together in North West London, whose lives have taken… Continue Reading →...
- 11/3/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Nikki Amuka-Bird (“Luther”) and Phoebe Fox (“Hollow Crown”) star in the upcoming BBC adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel “Nw.” “Nw” tells the story of Natalie and Leah, friends who grew up together in North West London, whose lives have taken… Continue Reading →...
- 10/31/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Nikki Amuka-Bird (“Luther”) and Phoebe Fox (“Hollow Crown”) starring in the BBC adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel “Nw.” The BBC first announced the adaptation was in development last December, with a cast finally secured in June, and filming has officially beginning.… Continue Reading →...
- 9/2/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
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