{"id":15298,"date":"2021-07-27T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/isklander-interactive-game-series-set-tv-treatment\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:35:14","slug":"isklander-interactive-game-series-set-for-tv-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/isklander-interactive-game-series-set-for-tv-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Isklander Interactive Game Series Set for TV Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gaumont UK has optioned the TV and film rights to Swamp Motel\u2019s sleuthing alternate reality <em>Isklander<\/em> game trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>The three-part interactive game series\u2014which comprises <em>Plymouth Point<\/em>, <em>The Mermaid\u2019s Tongue<\/em> and <em>The Kindling Hour<\/em>\u2014invites 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 (<em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy).<\/p>\n<p>More than 60,000 people across the U.K. and the U.S. have played the <em>Isklander<\/em> games since the first installment launched in April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The drama development is led by Executive Producer Alison Jackson (<em>Tin Star<\/em>, <em>Ashes to Ashes<\/em>, <em>Hunted<\/em>), who leads Gaumont UK&#8217;s London-based division, and Jamie Jackson, Gaumont UK\u2019s senior development executive.<\/p>\n<p>Alison Jackson said: \u201cFrom the moment our senior development executive Jamie Jackson played the first of the <em>Isklander<\/em> 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\u2019re all desperate to watch at the moment, [and] we\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with such an exciting, forward-thinking company as Swamp Motel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swamp Motel\u2019s Clem Garritty and Ollie Jones commented: \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to collaborate with Gaumont UK. Our online experiences\u2014<em>Plymouth Point<\/em>, <em>The Mermaid\u2019s Tongue<\/em> and <em>The Kindling Hour<\/em>\u2014were always more than just a trilogy. Together they\u2019re a storyworld. There is so much scope to delve deeper into the world we\u2019ve created and its characters. Adapting <em>Isklander<\/em> 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\u2019re passionate about their development and the impact of storytelling on each platform. We\u2019re thrilled Gaumont UK has spotted the same potential.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaumont UK has optioned the TV and film rights to Swamp Motel\u2019s sleuthing alternate reality Isklander game trilogy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":15299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3911],"class_list":["post-15298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-gaumont-uk","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Isklander Interactive Game Series Set for TV Treatment - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/isklander-interactive-game-series-set-for-tv-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Isklander Interactive Game Series Set for TV Treatment - 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