Isklander Interactive Game Series Set for TV Treatment

Gaumont UK has optioned the TV and film rights to Swamp Motel’s sleuthing alternate reality Isklander game trilogy.

The three-part interactive game series—which comprises Plymouth Point, The Mermaid’s Tongue and The Kindling Hour—invites players to enter a world of corporate deceit, occult horrors and shadowy cabals to uncover a murky underworld deep within high society. The trilogy is led by Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings trilogy).

More than 60,000 people across the U.K. and the U.S. have played the Isklander games since the first installment launched in April 2020.

The drama development is led by Executive Producer Alison Jackson (Tin Star, Ashes to Ashes, Hunted), who leads Gaumont UK’s London-based division, and Jamie Jackson, Gaumont UK’s senior development executive.

Alison Jackson said: “From the moment our senior development executive Jamie Jackson played the first of the Isklander trilogy and recommended it to the team, we could see its potential for adaptation. A breathtakingly paced thriller, with a fascinating conspiracy and heart-stopping twists at its center. It feels exactly the sort of show we’re all desperate to watch at the moment, [and] we’re thrilled to be partnering with such an exciting, forward-thinking company as Swamp Motel.”

Swamp Motel’s Clem Garritty and Ollie Jones commented: “We’re so excited to collaborate with Gaumont UK. Our online experiences—Plymouth Point, The Mermaid’s Tongue and The Kindling Hour—were always more than just a trilogy. Together they’re a storyworld. There is so much scope to delve deeper into the world we’ve created and its characters. Adapting Isklander for film and TV purposes provides the perfect opportunity to do just that. We see transmedia narratives as the really exciting future of original IPs and we’re passionate about their development and the impact of storytelling on each platform. We’re thrilled Gaumont UK has spotted the same potential.”