{"id":14431,"date":"2021-02-04T08:52:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/marathon-studio-adapting-elite-undercover-agent\/"},"modified":"2021-02-04T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T13:52:49","slug":"marathon-studio-adapting-elite-undercover-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/marathon-studio-adapting-elite-undercover-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Studio Adapting Elite Undercover Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marathon Studio, a joint venture with Banijay France, has picked up the TV rights to Nora Lakheal\u2019s biography, <em>Nora Lakheal: Elite Undercover Agent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A true story of a woman who chose to risk her life, <em>Elite Undercover Agent<\/em> is Lakheal\u2019s first-hand account of the 18 years she has spent hunting down Islamism terrorists. The scripted development marks Marathon Studio\u2019s first adaptation project based on a book since its launch with Banijay France in November.<\/p>\n<p>Lakheal commented: \u201cI am very proud that my life is set to inspire a TV series promoting a French Muslim woman from North African heritage working for the French intelligence internal services. I thank Max Milo, the publisher that always believed in me, and Malika Abdellaoui who, thanks to her ambition and vision for this unique project, will know how to bring my story to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malika Abdellaoui, producer and CEO of Marathon Studio, commented: \u201cWe are honored to be collaborating with Nora Lakheal on a standout drama based on her own testimony: <em>Elite Undercover Agent<\/em>. It is a valuable opportunity to bring to screen the story of an ordinary woman who completed extraordinary undercover missions to protect the French Republic against terrorism. Never once hesitating, despite the significant risk to her life, Nora is a strong role model, and her narrative deserves to be shared beyond the page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Charles G\u00e9rard of Max Milo Publishing House commented: \u201cWe are delighted to start this new adventure with Nora Lakheal and Malika Abdellaoui, to bring forward this aspirational character; a woman working in the shadow with an exemplary trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marathon Studio, a joint venture with Banijay France, has picked up the TV rights to Nora Lakheal\u2019s biography, Nora Lakheal: Elite Undercover Agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4308,4309],"class_list":["post-14431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-france","tag-marathon-studio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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