Tandem & Scott Free Re-Team for New Event Mini-Series

MUNICH/LONDON: The bestselling adventure thriller Labyrinth by Kate Mosse has been optioned by Scott Free and Tandem Communications to adapt into a four-hour event mini-series of the same name.

Labyrinth will start shooting in the South of France in fall 2011, with delivery scheduled for spring 2012. The book by Mosse has been published in more than 38 languages worldwide. It tells the story of two spirited and charismatic heroines who must work together across centuries in order to save a 4,000-year-old secret from falling into the wrong hands.

“Labyrinth’s story affords us the opportunity to create exciting drama that will thrill and delight the book’s readers worldwide and the viewers, who’ll be discovering it for the first time,” said Ridley Scott of Scott Free. “We look forward to this new chapter in the long-standing relationship between Tandem and Scott Free, and also to bringing the quality that has become the hallmark of our joint efforts with Tandem to yet another piece of event television.”

“It’s the entire package that makes this perfect for event television programming,” added Tim Halkin, the partner and managing director at Tandem Communications. “Kate Mosse’s book brings a worldwide awareness and built-in fan-base along with an amazing concept. Adrian Hodges is a hugely accomplished screenwriter, who understands how to pull an audience in from the first scene and we’re thrilled to be working with the head of Scott Free’s U.K. theatrical and television company, Liza Marshall.”

“I’m delighted that Kate has decided to entrust us with her wonderful book, and that the brilliant Adrian Hodges has come on board to adapt it. I look forward to producing with Tandem a television event that is epic, compelling and emotional,” commented Liza Marshall, the head of film and TV at Scott Free.

“A new chapter of Labyrinth is about to begin,” remarked Mosse. “The characters I first dreamed about 21 years ago, are now setting out on a new journey. After eight hundred years of history and five hundred pages of fiction, I am delighted that Scott Free and Tandem Communications are taking Labyrinth from the page to the screen.”

“I’m delighted to be adapting Kate Mosse’s terrific novel for the screen," added writer Adrian Hodges, "it has a scale, ambition and scope that’s very rare, as millions of readers already know. The combination of brilliantly researched history with a thrilling modern story is exciting and original, and my ambition is to do it full justice for the screen in a way that will satisfy both existing fans of the novel and worldwide television audiences. It’s also a pleasure to be working with Scott Free and Tandem, who have already proved they can deliver fantastic television drama with last year’s international hit The Pillars Of The Earth.”