{"id":6447,"date":"2016-07-26T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:40:23","slug":"kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos EP Sets Up New Drama Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Derek Wax, executive producer at Kudos, is setting up his own indie drama company, Wild Mercury, within Endemol Shine Group.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Mercury will tap into Kudos&#8217;s production infrastructure but will be run independently by Wax. The new venture&#8217;s first project is <em>Troy: Fall of a City<\/em> for BBC One. David Farr\u2019s retelling of the Trojan War will be produced in association with Kudos.<\/p>\n<p>The venture is in development on an adaptation of Robert Harris\u2019s trilogy of political thrillers set in Ancient Rome, also with Kudos, and several contemporary dramas. Wax will also continue to exec produce Kudos&#8217;s <em>Humans II<\/em>, currently in production.<\/p>\n<p>Wax has been with Kudos since 2005, having worked on <em>Humans<\/em>, <em>The Hour<\/em>, <em>Lip Service<\/em>, <em>Tsunami the Aftermath<\/em> and <em>Capital<\/em>, among others. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredibly exciting time for original drama, and the autonomy Wild Mercury brings makes this a thrilling new chapter for me,&#8221; Wax said. &#8220;Working alongside the wonderful Kudos family, I look forward to creating bold, original dramas with the best writing talent on projects which will truly resonate with audiences in the U.K. and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diederick Santer, CEO of Kudos, said, \u201cDerek is one of the most in-demand and talented creatives in TV drama, so we&#8217;re delighted that as he kicks off Wild Mercury, Kudos is able to continue working with him, building on our ten-year association. We look forward to a whole new wave of extraordinary drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Johnston, CEO of Endemol Shine UK, added, \u201cWild Mercury Productions further complements the Endemol Shine Group scripted stable. Derek is an immense talent and it is going to be incredibly exciting to see what the new venture will produce.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Derek Wax, executive producer at Kudos, is setting up his own indie drama company, Wild Mercury, within Endemol Shine Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":6448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1154,606,1123,1155],"class_list":["post-6447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-derek-wax","tag-endemol-shine-group","tag-kudos","tag-wild-mercury","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kudos EP Sets Up New Drama Venture - 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\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kudos EP Sets Up New Drama Venture - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: Derek Wax, executive producer at Kudos, is setting up his own indie drama company, Wild Mercury, within Endemol Shine Group.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-26T15:40:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-07-26T17:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/09\/Derek-Wax-716.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/\",\"name\":\"Kudos EP Sets Up New Drama Venture - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-26T15:40:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-26T17:40:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kudos-ep-sets-up-new-drama-venture\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kudos EP Sets Up New Drama Venture\"}]},{\"@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\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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