Buccaneer Media Preps The Doll Factory for Paramount+

Buccaneer Media, the outfit behind Marcella and Whitstable Pearl, is adapting the Elizabeth Macneal novel The Doll Factory for Paramount+.

The series, ordered for Paramount+’s U.K. and Ireland footprint, has also been prebought by SBS in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. Cineflix Rights is managing international distribution of the six-part historical thriller.

British screenwriter Charley Miles has been enlisted to adapt the bestseller, which is set in London in 1850. “The Doll Factory combines intrigue with universal themes of passion and obsession to tell a compelling story that will resonate with our Paramount+ audience,” said Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer for the U.K. at Paramount. “We are delighted to work with Buccaneer Media as we continue to build our offering of Paramount+ originals with U.K. storytelling talent.”

“The combination of debut author Elizabeth Macneal with first-time screenwriter Charley Miles is what this company is all about: emergent talent who will take the world by storm,” added Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart at Buccaneer. “To have SBS and TVNZ join Paramount+ at such an early stage is testament to the incredible writing of Charley. Cineflix Rights also saw the potential of this very early on, and after their success with our previous two shows, we’re very happy to have them as distribution partners as well.”