Buccaneer Scotland, dedicated to creating original international series with Scottish literary talent, has signed a development agreement with author and poet Jenni Fagan.<\/p>\n
Fagan is currently writing the adaptation of Irvine Welsh\u2019s The Blade Artist<\/em>, which will see the Trainspotting<\/em> franchise hit TV screens for the first time. Under the deal, she will also adapt her novels The Panopticon<\/em> and Luckenbooth<\/em> for TV.<\/p>\n Freelance script producer Catriona McKenzie (Good Omens 2<\/em>), former deputy head of drama for Granada TV and Channel 4, will work alongside Fagan on the three projects.<\/p>\n Buccaneer Scotland also continued its commitment to Scottish talent by hiring Glasgow-based Kathleen Isaac (Gangs of London<\/em>), who will join the production team working on the second season of Irvine Welsh\u2019s Crime<\/em> as script editor.<\/p>\n \u201cI am absolutely thrilled to be working with a team of innovative, forward-thinking, talented individuals at Buccaneer Media on adapting my novels The Panopticon<\/em> and Luckenbooth<\/em> for television,\u201d Fagan said.<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cWriting the adaptation of The Blade Artis<\/em>t by Irvine Welsh is an honor and a joy; the TV series will continue to push boundaries and create the kind of work that shakes everything up. Begbie is a man who has served an extraordinary amount of time in prison by the time we meet him again, and he is quite unexpectedly working as a successful commercial artist in L.A. The television adaptation of The Blade Artist<\/em> is a vital homage to the confines and restriction of circumstance, legacy and institutionalization. It is underpinned by the dual energies of creation and destruction, showing how both can manifest equally powerfully. I can\u2019t wait to work with the exceptionally talented team behind this, not least Robert Carlyle.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJenni\u2019s writing takes me places I never expect,\u201d said Tony Wood, co-founder and co-CEO of Buccaneer Scotland. \u201cIt\u2019s so completely the right time for a woman to take on the Trainspotting<\/em>\u00a0world, and Jenni is precisely the right person for the job; already a colossus in the literary world, Jenni Fagan will be a star of TV and film drama writing for years to come. She\u2019s a dazzling talent you can’t look away from.\u201d<\/p>\n Dougray Scott, co-founder of Buccaneer Scotland and star of Irvine Welsh\u2019s Crime<\/em>, added, \u201cI haven\u2019t been more enthralled or blown away by a writer since I read Irvine Welsh\u2019s Trainspotting<\/em>.\u00a0Jenni Fagan has a unique and blistering voice which resonates infinitely. Her characters give voice to the dispossessed and unheard. Luckenbooth<\/em> is an adult fairy tale of sorts that captivated me right from the start. I am so excited and thrilled to be part of the team that will bring her novels to the screen. Scotland has another extraordinary literary talent!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buccaneer Scotland, dedicated to creating original international series with Scottish literary talent, has signed a development agreement with author and poet Jenni Fagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":16859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5007,5008],"class_list":["post-16858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-buccaneer-scotland","tag-jenni-fagan","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n