Tag: Playground

The founder talks about the inspiration for launching the independent production company Playground, the effects of the streaming explosion and finding new projects.

Playground has secured the film and TV rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s best-selling debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.

BAFTA-nominated director William Oldroyd is on board for Channel 4's adaptation of the stage play Chimerica as a four-part series.

Playground and writer/director Peter Kosminsky are in development on the new drama series The Undeclared War, set against the backdrop of cyber warfare, for Channel 4.

Drama producer Playground, which is currently working on the new miniseries adaptation of Little Women for BBC and Masterpiece, has tapped Dan Leon for the newly created role of head of business affairs and director of operations.

BBC One and Playground have revealed the cast for the upcoming adaptation of Little Women, which will feature Angela Lansbury and Michael Gambon.

Drama specialist Playground has bolstered its U.K. executive team, elevating Sophie Gardiner to head of drama and executive creative director.

Playground, the producer of such dramas as Wolf Hall, has optioned the rights to David Enrich’s new narrative nonfiction book The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History.

NEW YORK: Playground has promoted Scott Huff and Elyse Dolbec as part of the company’s strategy to expand its television activities in the U.S.

LONDON: Colin Callender's Playground has acquired the rights to adapt the novel The Widow by Fiona Barton and the nonfiction biography Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories by Thomas Grant.