Tag: Jack Thorne

Netflix has picked up the U.S. rights to Sony Pictures Television’s limited series adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Enola Holmes).

ITV Studios has secured the first international sales for the upcoming drama The Hack, written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, His Dark Materials) and starring David Tennant (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) and Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty).

Channel 4 has lined up a new love story drama starring Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, produced by The Forge Entertainment, a Banijay UK company (National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage).

Industry, Doctor Who and His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf has rolled out the Blaidd Writers Programme, a new development scheme for Welsh screenwriters.

Netflix has ordered the new four-part limited series Toxic Town, based on the real-life story of the Corby poisonings.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a play rooted in the world of the hit Netflix series, is set to debut at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End in late 2023.

BBC Two has commissioned Dragonfly Film and TV and One Shoe Films to produce a new factual drama to mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Jack Thorne is attached to write and executive produce a retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two Cities for Legendary Global, the newly formed TV venture from Legendary and Chris Albrecht.

BBC One has commissioned the original four-part series Best Interests from BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials, The Virtues, National Treasure).

Jack Thorne (National Treasure, Kiri, Cast Offs) is working on the third in his trilogy of timely four-part dramas for Channel 4 and Hulu.