“The Witcher” writer Declan De Barra is teaming up with new outfit Sleeper Films for television drama “Corballymore House.”
Inspired by De Barra’s own family history, the series is set in a remote Manor House before the First World War. De Barra will act as showrunner on the series, which is being.co-produced by Ben Grass of Pure Grass Films while Diane Ademu-John (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”) boards as creative consultant and exec producer. It will soon be pitched to select buyers.
Sleeper Films, which has offices in London and Dublin, is the new company from Lee Magiday (“The Favourite”), Rory Gilmartin (“Herself”) and Wilf Varvill. It is backed by MediaNet Partners and Sampsonic Media.
BAFTA Award-winner Magiday, who previously worked at Focus Features and Universal Pictures International, and former Element Pictures in-house producer Gilmartin, each bring with them decades of experience in the audio-visual industry. Varvill previously...
Inspired by De Barra’s own family history, the series is set in a remote Manor House before the First World War. De Barra will act as showrunner on the series, which is being.co-produced by Ben Grass of Pure Grass Films while Diane Ademu-John (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”) boards as creative consultant and exec producer. It will soon be pitched to select buyers.
Sleeper Films, which has offices in London and Dublin, is the new company from Lee Magiday (“The Favourite”), Rory Gilmartin (“Herself”) and Wilf Varvill. It is backed by MediaNet Partners and Sampsonic Media.
BAFTA Award-winner Magiday, who previously worked at Focus Features and Universal Pictures International, and former Element Pictures in-house producer Gilmartin, each bring with them decades of experience in the audio-visual industry. Varvill previously...
- 11/23/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
These include a supernatural thriller series titled ’Corballymore House’.
Sleeper Films, the London and Dublin-based production company founded by The Favourite producer Lee Magiday, has revealed plans to ramp up its output across TV and film, with a refreshed slate of projects in development.
Magiday founded the company in 2016, with Rory Gilmartin and and Wilf Varvill joining in 2019 as producers and partners. Gilmartin’s previous credits as a producer include feature Herself and Channel 4/Amazon Prime series Frank Of Ireland.
Varvill has worked at a leading film and TV completion guarantor, where he was closely involved in the financial...
Sleeper Films, the London and Dublin-based production company founded by The Favourite producer Lee Magiday, has revealed plans to ramp up its output across TV and film, with a refreshed slate of projects in development.
Magiday founded the company in 2016, with Rory Gilmartin and and Wilf Varvill joining in 2019 as producers and partners. Gilmartin’s previous credits as a producer include feature Herself and Channel 4/Amazon Prime series Frank Of Ireland.
Varvill has worked at a leading film and TV completion guarantor, where he was closely involved in the financial...
- 11/23/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Sleeper Films, the London and Dublin-based film and TV company run by Lee Magiday (The Favourite), Rory Gilmartin (Herself) and Wilf Varvill, has secured investment from MediaNet Partners and Sampsonic Media.
New to the company’s development slate is supernatural thriller Corballymore House, a returnable TV series which is being co-produced with Ben Grass of Pure Grass Films.
Declan De Barra (The Witcher) will showrun, with Diane Ademu-John (Dune – The Sisterhood) onboard as creative consultant and EP.
Created by De Barra and inspired by stories from his own family history, Corballymore House is set just prior to the First World War and follows the Doyle family as they inherit a remote manor house while recovering from the loss of their baby and failed business. Setting out with renewed hope to heal and restore their fortunes, they realize their previous troubles are nothing compared to what lies in wait for them at Corballymore.
New to the company’s development slate is supernatural thriller Corballymore House, a returnable TV series which is being co-produced with Ben Grass of Pure Grass Films.
Declan De Barra (The Witcher) will showrun, with Diane Ademu-John (Dune – The Sisterhood) onboard as creative consultant and EP.
Created by De Barra and inspired by stories from his own family history, Corballymore House is set just prior to the First World War and follows the Doyle family as they inherit a remote manor house while recovering from the loss of their baby and failed business. Setting out with renewed hope to heal and restore their fortunes, they realize their previous troubles are nothing compared to what lies in wait for them at Corballymore.
- 11/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The global organized crime thriller McMafia is officially set to return to AMC for a second season.
Earlier in May, BBC One has ordered an eight-episode second season of Russian crime series. The series airs on AMC in the U.S, but the network had not yet made a decision on a renewal. AMC made the official announcement of the series order today during the TCA Summer Press Tour.
The announcement of the new season comes months after the show found itself embroiled in a legal battle over its creation after a young British writer accused the BBC of breach of copyright. Wilf Varvill alleged that the storyline in the thriller is “exactly the same” as the plot of McMafia. He told Deadline earlier this year that he has filed a “breach of copyright” and “confidentiality” claim in the UK High Court to resolve the matter.
McMafia debuted in February...
Earlier in May, BBC One has ordered an eight-episode second season of Russian crime series. The series airs on AMC in the U.S, but the network had not yet made a decision on a renewal. AMC made the official announcement of the series order today during the TCA Summer Press Tour.
The announcement of the new season comes months after the show found itself embroiled in a legal battle over its creation after a young British writer accused the BBC of breach of copyright. Wilf Varvill alleged that the storyline in the thriller is “exactly the same” as the plot of McMafia. He told Deadline earlier this year that he has filed a “breach of copyright” and “confidentiality” claim in the UK High Court to resolve the matter.
McMafia debuted in February...
- 7/28/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated to clarify: BBC One has ordered an eight-episode second season of Russian crime drama McMafia. The series airs on AMC in the U.S, but the network has not yet made a decision on a renewal.
BBC said that it was the UK public broadcaster’s biggest new drama launch this year as well as one of its most popular shows on its digital platform iPlayer.
The series, from Cuba Pictures, charts the journey of Alex Godman, played by James Norton, as he plunges deeper and deeper into the world of organized crime, eventually finding himself unable to resist the lures of corruption.
Created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and based on the book by Misha Glenny, Amini and Watkins said that they were keen to “cast more light on the shady intersections of transnational criminals”.
Watkins told an audience at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmy event in La...
BBC said that it was the UK public broadcaster’s biggest new drama launch this year as well as one of its most popular shows on its digital platform iPlayer.
The series, from Cuba Pictures, charts the journey of Alex Godman, played by James Norton, as he plunges deeper and deeper into the world of organized crime, eventually finding himself unable to resist the lures of corruption.
Created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and based on the book by Misha Glenny, Amini and Watkins said that they were keen to “cast more light on the shady intersections of transnational criminals”.
Watkins told an audience at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmy event in La...
- 5/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
High-profile British drama McMafia is about the Russian underworld and stars War and Peace's James Norton as a young banker trying to escape from his father's ties to the Russian mob. However, the show itself has now found itself embroiled in a legal battle over its creation after a young British writer accused the BBC of breach of copyright. Wilf Varvill has alleged that the storyline in the thriller is "exactly the same" as the plot of McMafia, which launched on the BBC…...
- 2/3/2018
- Deadline TV
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