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Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films is to develop a television adaptation of YA graphic novel Heartstopper after optioning the rights. The company, which recently made Nick Hornby's short-form Sundance series State of the Union and was also behind The King's Speech, struck a deal to adapt the Alice Oseman-penned…

Netflix on Thursday said it has acquired most worldwide rights to The Power of the Dog, the next movie from writer-director Jane Campion and which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss. The movie, from See-Saw Films and based on Thomas Savage's 1967 novel, was one of the buzz titles at the Cannes film market…

John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) is on board to direct Oscar-winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech) in WWII story Operation Mincemeat. Set in 1943 when the Allies are determined to launch an all-out assault on 'Fortress Europe,' the film will follow two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Firth) and…

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell is to star in the BBC's adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the Minority Report star will front the series, written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years' Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films. Farrell plays Henry Drax in the drama, a…

See-Saw Films' Head of Commercial Affairs Simon Gillis has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer of the company's film division, effective immediately. Based in London, Gillis will continue to report directly to joint MDs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning and will oversee the film…

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are attached to star in romance-drama Ammonite from God’s Own Country writer-director Francis Lee. Talk about prestige casting. Widows and Lion producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will produce the film alongside Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly (Lady Macbeth). The pic, which…

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has acquired N, a Javier Gullón short story he pitched as a grounded science fiction film with franchise potential. See-Saw’s Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Pacific View’s Peter Dealbert are attached to produce. The deal was mid-six against seven figures and had at least six bidders vying…

SundanceTV and See-Saw Films have released a first-look image of Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids) in State of the Union, the short-form comedy series directed by Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal, Philomena) and written by Nick Hornby (Brooklyn, An Education). See photo below. State of the…

The Crown's Harriet Walter and Mr Selfridge's Frances O'Connor are set to star in The End, a family drama for Sky and Australia's Foxtel. It is produced by The King's Speech and Top of the Lake indie See-Saw. The show, which will air in 2019, is about three generations of a family with separate but intersecting…

Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike and Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd are set to star in a Stephen Frears-directed comedy series for SundanceTV. The pair are to front the short-form comedy series State of the Union, which will be a series of ten-by-ten minute episodes, to be produced by The King's Speech producer See-Saw Film…

Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has appointed Nicky Earnshaw as Head of Production for the UK film and TV divisions. The exec is moving to the Lion and King’s Speech producer from Film4 where she has been acting Head of Production. At See-Saw, she is replacing Amy Jackson who is moving into independent…

EXCLUSIVE: Top Of The Lake and Lion producer See Saw Films has picked up TV rights to Lucy Foley's upcoming murder mystery novel The Hunting Party, I can reveal. The novel was pre-empted by Kimberley Young at HarperFiction in a strong six-figure deal in December 2017 and is slated for hardback publication in 2019. The…