{"id":21386,"date":"2024-09-11T10:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:29:10","slug":"production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on Masterpiece\u2019s Maigret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on <em>Maigret<\/em>, a contemporary TV adaptation of Georges Simenon\u2019s novels about the Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, for PBS\u2019s Masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Playground and written by Patrick Harbinson (<em>Homeland<\/em>, <em>24<\/em>, <em>The Tower<\/em>), the series reframes Maigret as an unconventional young detective with something to prove. Benjamin Wainwright (<em>Belgravia: The Next Chapter<\/em>, <em>Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim<\/em>) stars in the lead role as the streetwise detective.<\/p>\n<p>Additional cast members are Stefanie Martini (<em>The Gold<\/em>, <em>Last Kingdom<\/em>, <em>Emerald City<\/em>), Blake Harrison (<em>World on Fire<\/em>, <em>I Hate Suzie Too<\/em>), Reda Elazouar (<em>Sex Education<\/em>, <em>Pirates<\/em>), Kerrie Hayes (<em>The Responder<\/em>,<em> Criminal Record<\/em>), Shaniqua Okwok (<em>The Flatshare<\/em>, <em>It\u2019s a Sin<\/em>), Rob Kazinsky (<em>Star Trek: Section 31<\/em>, <em>Eastenders<\/em>) and Nathalie Armin (<em>Showtrial<\/em> season two, <em>Juice<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Harbison, who is also executive producing on behalf of Windhover Films, will direct the first two episodes of the series. Faye Gilbert (<em>The Tower<\/em>, <em>The Bay<\/em>) will be directing episodes three and four, and David Evans (<em>Domina<\/em>, <em>Django<\/em>) will be directing episodes five and six.<\/p>\n<p>Susanne Simpson is executive producing on behalf of Masterpiece, with John Simenon executive producing on behalf of Georges Simenon Limited. For Playground, Colin Callender and David Stern are executive producing. Banijay Rights is handling international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Simenon\u2019s creation of Jules Maigret holds a firm place in the pantheon of great literary detectives, and we are incredibly grateful to our partners Masterpiece, Banijay, ILP and John Simenon for their trust and support as we endeavor to bring a contemporary Maigret to a new, worldwide audience,\u201d Stern, joint managing director of Playground, said. \u201cPatrick Harbinson\u2019s brilliantly fresh take on this iconic IP is reflective of Playground\u2019s ambition to expand our growing slate of contemporary returning dramas that speak to a global marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Maigret<\/em> will be a perfect addition to Masterpiece\u2019s lineup of Mystery! shows,\u201d commented Simpson, head of scripted at Masterpiece. \u201cOur partners at Playground have assembled an incredible cast and creative team, and our audience is going to love Inspector Maigret and his unique style of crime-solving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cox, executive VP of content and acquisitions at Banijay Rights, added, \u201cJules Maigret is one of the 20th century\u2019s most famous fictional detectives, which makes it a privilege to work with Playground Entertainment and Masterpiece to take Georges Simenon\u2019s French sleuth into a contemporary world for the first time. With a wonderfully diverse mix of acting and writing talent on board, we\u2019re in no doubt Maigret will be a tour-de-force production and a potentially long-running franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on Maigret, a contemporary TV adaptation of Georges Simenon\u2019s novels about the Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, for PBS\u2019s Masterpiece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1605,5586,9666,9667,223,596,542,745,6666,7025],"class_list":["post-21386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-david-stern","tag-georges-simenon","tag-jules-maigret","tag-maigret","tag-masterpiece","tag-pbs","tag-playground","tag-simon-cox","tag-susanne-simpson","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Production Begins on Masterpiece\u2019s Maigret - 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\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Production Begins on Masterpiece\u2019s Maigret - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Production has begun on Maigret, a contemporary TV adaptation of Georges Simenon\u2019s novels about the Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret, for PBS\u2019s Masterpiece.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T14:29:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T14:29:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/PBSMASTERPIECE-Logo-0924.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/\",\"name\":\"Production Begins on Masterpiece\u2019s Maigret - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-11T14:29:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T14:29:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-masterpieces-maigret\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Production Begins on Masterpiece\u2019s Maigret\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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