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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…

Stephen Graham (The Virtues, Line of Duty), Tom Courtenay (45 Years, The Aeronauts) and Peter Mullan (Mum, Top Of The Lake) have joined the cast of The North Water, See-Saw Films’ adaptation of Ian McGuire’s Arctic whaling novel for BBC Two. The trio will support leads Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell on the four-part…

EXCLUSIVE: Garth Davis, the Australian filmmaker whose work includes Lion with Dev Patel and Mary Magdalene starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, is joining forces with See-Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King's Speech) on a new production venture. Under the moniker I Am That, the 50-50…

Rachel Weisz will play Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor for female directing duo Bert & Bertie and UK-Australia producing powerhouse See-Saw Films in A Special Relationship. Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy has written the screenplay, which chronicles Taylor's journey from actress to activist through the lens…

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…