Legendary Entertainment and “The White Queen” and “Life on Mars” writers/showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have launched a U.K. drama production company with a slate of 10 projects.
Frost and Graham, whose credits include “Ashes to Ashes,” “The Spanish Princess,” “Doctor Who” and “The Man In The High Castle,” will serve as joint CEOs of Watford & Essex, which will team with Legendary Entertainment’s television division and focus on television production and financing projects for the international market.
Christine Healy has been named COO, joining the venture from New Pictures where she was head of production since 2016.
Watford & Essex’s current list of projects in development include “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” based on
the Irwin Allen television series from the 1960s, developed and written by BAFTA-nominated Chris Lunt and Michael Walker (“Devils”), and “Hail Satan!,” a dark social comedy-drama created by Frost and Graham, in development with U.
Frost and Graham, whose credits include “Ashes to Ashes,” “The Spanish Princess,” “Doctor Who” and “The Man In The High Castle,” will serve as joint CEOs of Watford & Essex, which will team with Legendary Entertainment’s television division and focus on television production and financing projects for the international market.
Christine Healy has been named COO, joining the venture from New Pictures where she was head of production since 2016.
Watford & Essex’s current list of projects in development include “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” based on
the Irwin Allen television series from the 1960s, developed and written by BAFTA-nominated Chris Lunt and Michael Walker (“Devils”), and “Hail Satan!,” a dark social comedy-drama created by Frost and Graham, in development with U.
- 11/23/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jessica Marais in Love Child..
.
Sarah Lambert wasn.t around in the 1960s but Love Child, the drama series she created for the Nine Network, sets to capture that era of revolution, bohemia, youthful innocence and exuberance.
The eight-part series set in Kings Cross in 1969 evidently delivers on that promise, encouraging the network to commission a second season as announced by director of television Michael Healy at the launch of Nine's 2014 season this week..
As the writer-producer, Lambert was inspired to make the show when she learned that a close family friend of her mother was one of thousands of women who had been forced to live in an unwed mothers' home and give up her baby daughter for adoption 20 years earlier.
Produced by Playmaker Media, the series follows characters who live and work in a maternity hospital and home for unwed mothers, contrasted with those who inhabit the streets...
.
Sarah Lambert wasn.t around in the 1960s but Love Child, the drama series she created for the Nine Network, sets to capture that era of revolution, bohemia, youthful innocence and exuberance.
The eight-part series set in Kings Cross in 1969 evidently delivers on that promise, encouraging the network to commission a second season as announced by director of television Michael Healy at the launch of Nine's 2014 season this week..
As the writer-producer, Lambert was inspired to make the show when she learned that a close family friend of her mother was one of thousands of women who had been forced to live in an unwed mothers' home and give up her baby daughter for adoption 20 years earlier.
Produced by Playmaker Media, the series follows characters who live and work in a maternity hospital and home for unwed mothers, contrasted with those who inhabit the streets...
- 11/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The first episode of ABC's Mistresses to be be helmed by Cherie Nowlan of Gossip Girl. Australian director Cherie Nowlan is set to helm episode one of ABC's series Mistresses, reports Variety. Produced by ABC Studios, the show is created by K.J. Steinberg (The Nine) and based on a U.K. format following four women and their scandalous love lives, leading to self-discovery, secrecy and betrayal. Bob Sertner and Douglas Raue of Ecosse Films executive produce Mistresses with Steinberg. Nowlan's previous TV credits at the helm include The Secret Life of Us, The Alice, Packed to the Rafters...
- 3/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Cherie Nowlan to direct Mistresses on ABC
The first episode of ABC's Mistresses to be be helmed by Cherie Nowlan of Gossip Girl. Australian director Cherie Nowlan is set to helm episode one of ABC's series Mistresses, reports Variety. Produced by ABC Studios, the show is created by K.J. Steinberg (The Nine) and based on a U.K. format following four women and their scandalous love lives, leading to self-discovery, secrecy and betrayal. Bob Sertner and Douglas Raue of Ecosse Films executive produce Mistresses with Steinberg. Nowlan's previous TV credits at the helm include The Secret Life of Us, The Alice, Packed to the Rafters...
- 3/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The first episode of ABC's Mistresses to be be helmed by Cherie Nowlan of Gossip Girl. Australian director Cherie Nowlan is set to helm episode one of ABC's series Mistresses, reports Variety. Produced by ABC Studios, the show is created by K.J. Steinberg (The Nine) and based on a U.K. format following four women and their scandalous love lives, leading to self-discovery, secrecy and betrayal. Bob Sertner and Douglas Raue of Ecosse Films executive produce Mistresses with Steinberg. Nowlan's previous TV credits at the helm include The Secret Life of Us, The Alice, Packed to the Rafters...
- 3/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.