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Liz Watts, the established Australian producer whose credits include Animal Kingdom, The True History of The Kelly Gang, and the Cate Blanchett series Stateless, is joining See-Saw Films. In her new role, Watts will oversee the development and production of all film and television projects out of See-Saw's Australian…

See-Saw Films has hired Helen Gregory to the newly-created position of Creative Director. Joining September 1 and based in London, she will be responsible for steering the company's creative strategy and the development of its TV slate, while also working closely with founders Iain Canning and Emile Sherman on the…

AMC Studios has greenlit AMC+ original Firebite, an Australian vampire fantasy series from See-Saw Films, the UK and Aussie producer behind AMC’s Top Of The Lake. Created, written, and directed by Australia's Indigenous auteur Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) and Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards), Firebite is…

Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman and Oscar winner Laura Dern have been set to star in blue-chip feature drama The Son, writer-director Florian Zeller's follow-up to his Oscar-nominated movie The Father. Oscar winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King's Speech), and Joanna Laurie of See-Saw Films, produce with…

Hakan Kousetta and Jamie Laurenson, two of the most senior producers at The King's Speech producer See-Saw Films, are stepping down to launch their own production venture. Laurenson, See-Saw’s head of television, and television COO Kousetta are forming 60Forty Films after spending nine and seven years at the British…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is to adapt YA graphic novel Heartstopper as an eight-part series with Doctor Who and Sherlock helmer Euros Lyn attached to direct. This comes 18 months after See-Saw Films, the company behind Top of the Lake and State of the Union, optioned the rights to Alice Oseman's comic. The live-action…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+’s Gary Oldman spy drama Slow Horses has rounded out its cast, with Ready Player One star Olivia Cooke and The Two Popes actor Jonathan Pryce joining a lineup that also includes Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden. See-Saw Films' adaptation of Mick Herron's espionage novels is currently shooting in…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple is gearing up to go into production on two of its first UK-commissioned dramas amid the coronavirus pandemic, as Uma Thurman starrer Suspicion and Gary Oldman-fronted Slow Horses prepare to shoot. Deadline understands that Suspicion could be the first of the two shows to get cameras rolling under…

EXCLUSIVE: Colette and The Imitation Game star Keira Knightley has found her next period drama – an adaptation of Sarah Perry's novel The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+. The streamer has ordered the project to series from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King's Speech and Top of the Lake. It will be directed by Dark…

UPDATE: Sky has confirmed an eight-episode order. EXCLUSIVE, October 30, 2019: Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films is adapting C J Skuse's novel Sweetpea for Sky Atlantic. The company, which also makes SundanceTV's short-form series State of the Union, is developing the comedy drama, which is described as American P…

Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films has hired Killing Eve producer Elinor Day to bolster its television division. The company, which recently scored a 12-episode commission for the Gary Oldman-fronted Slow Horses with Apple, has hired Day as executive producer for the UK Television Division. She reports to Head of…

Gary Oldman is to star in spy drama Slow Horses for Apple with Justified's Graham Yost exec producing. The nascent digital TV service has ordered an adaptation of Mick Herron's spy novels from Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films. Slow Horses, which was first published in 2010, features Jackson Lamb, a brilliant but…