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EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Horowitz believes his upcoming Magpie Murders adaptation is “the first time I’ve really got it right,” and has stated he will no longer write on classic TV murder mysteries. The renowned UK author has adapted many of his novels for TV including Stormbreaker, The Diamond Brothers and South By South Ea…

Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films has optioned Jane Casey's novel The Killing Kind and will adapt it into a limited series. Screenwriters Zara Hayes (Showtrial) and Jonathan Stewart (Meet You In Hell) have been attached to reimagine the book, with the former set to direct. Published today by…

Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films has signed up The Crown star Lesley Manville to lead the cast of its PBS/BritBox crime series Magpie Murders, while The Full Monty helmer Peter Cattaneo has been set as the director. Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Manville will star as Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished…

Eleventh Hour Films has taken the rights to Hunting Ghislaine, a podcast on the disappearance of Jeffrey Epstein’s close associate Ghislaine Maxwell, with a view to turning it into a limited TV series. The six-part podcast was made by LBC after it was commissioned by the UK radio station’s parent company Global and…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films is gearing up to start shooting the second season of Anthony Horowitz's spy thriller Alex Rider from the start of next year. Sony is yet to officially confirm Season 2, but Deadline understands that the drama is slated to begin a 22-week shoot from January…

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Rider, Eleventh Hour Films' TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's best-selling teen spy novels, looks set for a second season. Deadline understands that Sony-backed Eleventh Hour is targeting a return to production later this year after the first season was picked up by Amazon in the UK, as well as a host…

Fresh from inking a deal to make Amazon the UK home of Alex Rider, Sony Pictures Television has agreed a bunch more international sales for its teen spy franchise. Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films' TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's best-selling novels has been picked up by Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay service…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony-owned Eleventh Hour Films is doubling down on development to broaden its slate following its investment by the Hollywood studio. The producer has scored developments with the BBC and ITV on a slew of book adaptations after Sony Pictures Television acquired a minority stake in the Foyle's War producer…

Alex Rider, the teen superspy series of novels that’s sold around 20M copies worldwide, is coming to the small screen in an eight-part series from Foyle's War producer Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, with the Hollywood studio using a new funding model to set up the drama before taking it out to…

Sony-backed British producer Eleventh Hour Films is adapting Ayisha Malik's The Casual Vacancy-esque novel This Green and Pleasant Land for television. The company has optioned the novel, which was published this week by Bonnier Zaffre, with a view for a small-screen remake. The book follows the story of the only…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony has found its Alex Rider – Mrs Wilson star Otto Farrant has been chosen to front the small-screen reboot of the teen superspy. Farrant, who played Nigel Wilson in the Ruth Wilson-fronted PBS Masterpiece and BBC drama, will play the eponymous character in the series, which is being produced by Sony…

Sony Pictures Television has acquired a stake in British drama indie Eleventh Hour Films. The Hollywood studio has taken a minority stake in the company, which produces series such as Foyle's War and Safe House for ITV and New Blood for BBC One. It is run by Jill Green, who produced the George Clooney-fronted feature…