German powerhouse Zdf Studios and U.K.-based Factual Fiction are reteaming for “#DorianGray,” an updated social media spin on Oscar Wilde’s classic, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
In Wilde’s original, first published as a novella in 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, the self-besotted Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth, a picture painted of him recording the decay of his soul as in outward appearance he remains physically forever young.
Currently being written by Maiya John, a young London-based screenwriter, the contemporary reimagining is described by Zdf Studios as “a suspenseful ride through the life of a teenager as they construct their identity.”
While navigating sex, and gender, mental health and consent, through tweets and #instagram and Tik Tok videos, Dorian Gray, as in Wilde’s central concept, projects an image of who he’d like to be, rather than who he really is.
In Wilde’s original, first published as a novella in 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, the self-besotted Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth, a picture painted of him recording the decay of his soul as in outward appearance he remains physically forever young.
Currently being written by Maiya John, a young London-based screenwriter, the contemporary reimagining is described by Zdf Studios as “a suspenseful ride through the life of a teenager as they construct their identity.”
While navigating sex, and gender, mental health and consent, through tweets and #instagram and Tik Tok videos, Dorian Gray, as in Wilde’s central concept, projects an image of who he’d like to be, rather than who he really is.
- 2/20/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Former Darlow Smithson Productions MD Emily Dalton and writer-producer Tom Dalton are launching UK indie Factual Fiction with backing from financier Great Point Media.
The Yorkshire-based husband and wife duo will focus on drama, documentary and specialist factual after having previously collaborated on three Agatha Christie TV movies, including the upcoming Agatha And The Midnight Murders with Helen Baxendale (Friends).
Factual Fiction will include two sister labels: factual banner Good Story Rory and scripted banner Salted Bomb.
The Daltons’ Agatha Christie film The Curse Of Ishtar, starring Lyndsey Marshall and Jonah Hauer-King, screened before Christmas on Channel 5. The first film in the trilogy, Agatha And The Truth Of Murder, debuted in 2018.
Veteran producer Patrick Irwin (The Fall) has joined the company as a consultant while Chamoun Issa will serve as development executive.
At Endemol Shine indie Dsp, Emily Dalton originated projects including The King In The Car Park, The Mill,...
The Yorkshire-based husband and wife duo will focus on drama, documentary and specialist factual after having previously collaborated on three Agatha Christie TV movies, including the upcoming Agatha And The Midnight Murders with Helen Baxendale (Friends).
Factual Fiction will include two sister labels: factual banner Good Story Rory and scripted banner Salted Bomb.
The Daltons’ Agatha Christie film The Curse Of Ishtar, starring Lyndsey Marshall and Jonah Hauer-King, screened before Christmas on Channel 5. The first film in the trilogy, Agatha And The Truth Of Murder, debuted in 2018.
Veteran producer Patrick Irwin (The Fall) has joined the company as a consultant while Chamoun Issa will serve as development executive.
At Endemol Shine indie Dsp, Emily Dalton originated projects including The King In The Car Park, The Mill,...
- 5/13/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
"No offense, but none of you lot look like the killing type." Vision Films has unveiled the official Us trailer for an alternative history drama about crime writer Agatha Christie getting embroiled in a real-life murder case during her 11-day disappearance in 1926. The film is titled Agatha and the Truth of Murder, and originally premiered on TV in the UK in late 2018. It's not slated for release in the Us in the fall of this year. With a script by Tom Dalton (The Pharmacist), set in 1926, the film depicts Agatha Christie investigating the murder of Florence Nightingale's goddaughter and how her involvement in this case then influenced her writing. Ruth Bradley stars as Agatha Christie, with a cast including Dean Andrews, Bebe Cave, Amelia Dell, Richard Doubleday, Derek Halligan, Blake Harrison, Pippa Haywood, Stacha Hicks, and Ralph Ineson. It looks suitably mysterious and alluring, no doubt. Here's the official trailer...
- 4/15/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Viacom’s Channel 5 has hunted down two more Agatha Christie dramas following the success of last year’s Agatha and the Truth of Murder.
The British broadcaster has commissioned Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (w/t) and Agatha and the Death of X (w/t) from Endemol Shine’s Darlow Smithson Productions (Dsp). The two feature-length crime dramas are part of the network’s ramping up in the scripted genre over the last twelve months.
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, which will air later this year, sees author Agatha Christie travel to the deserts of Iraq in the late 1920s for an archaeological dig where she unravels a series of mysterious murders. Agatha and the Death of X is set in the Blitz in 1940s London, as the author decides she must kill off her most famous creation, and in doing so, becomes a target herself.
The British broadcaster has commissioned Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (w/t) and Agatha and the Death of X (w/t) from Endemol Shine’s Darlow Smithson Productions (Dsp). The two feature-length crime dramas are part of the network’s ramping up in the scripted genre over the last twelve months.
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, which will air later this year, sees author Agatha Christie travel to the deserts of Iraq in the late 1920s for an archaeological dig where she unravels a series of mysterious murders. Agatha and the Death of X is set in the Blitz in 1940s London, as the author decides she must kill off her most famous creation, and in doing so, becomes a target herself.
- 9/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sales outfit also adds
London-based sales company Kew Media Distribution has added a host of titles to its American Film Market (Afm) slate on the eve of the event in Santa Monica, La.
They include Mr Nelson: On The North Side, Michael J. Kirk’s documentary about music icon Prince. The film tells the story of how, in a mixed race neighbourhood during the Civil Rights movement, Prince found security, musical opportunities and encouragement at a local community centre called The Way.
Chuck D, Macy Gray and Chaka Khan feature in the film, which is being produced by Daniel D’or and Michael J.
London-based sales company Kew Media Distribution has added a host of titles to its American Film Market (Afm) slate on the eve of the event in Santa Monica, La.
They include Mr Nelson: On The North Side, Michael J. Kirk’s documentary about music icon Prince. The film tells the story of how, in a mixed race neighbourhood during the Civil Rights movement, Prince found security, musical opportunities and encouragement at a local community centre called The Way.
Chuck D, Macy Gray and Chaka Khan feature in the film, which is being produced by Daniel D’or and Michael J.
- 10/29/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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