Former Ink Factory partners Alexei Boltho and Rhodri Thomas, executive producers on The Night Manager, have launched new production company Ray Pictures, we can reveal. Backed by Endeavor Content and MediaNet Partners the company will develop, finance and produce for film and TV but will focus on scripted drama. The…

EXCLUSIVE: The Ink Factory has successfully mined the library of John le Carré with The Night Manager and The Little Drummer Girl and it seems that the company is now looking do the same with acclaimed British author Roald Dahl. I hear that Simon and Stephen Cornwell's firm is rebooting Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpe…

The Little Drummer Girl, the latest John Le Carré spy adaptation, launched last night on BBC One in the UK with just over 5M viewers. The ratings for the AMC co-pro couldn't match the launch of the BBC's previous Le Carré remake, The Night Manager, which opened in February 2016 with 6.1M overnight viewers. It also…

EXCLUSIVE: The writers room for the secretive second season of The Night Manager is complete and it's more gender balanced than it first appeared. I understand that Humans and Black Mirror writer Namsi Khan and The Man In The High Castle writer Francesca Gardiner are joining British spy author Charles Cumming and…

The secretive second season of The Night Manager is coming together after British spy author Charles Cumming revealed that he was part of the writing team. Cumming is the second name to emerge for the mysterious group of scribes after Deadline revealed in November that up-and-coming British writer Matthew Orton is on…

Former Zodiak UK CEO Rod Henwood has joined the The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory in the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for strategy, partnerships, story-world development and marketing. He is also taking a seat on The Ink Factory board of directors. Former CEO of TV production…

The Shape of Water star Michael Shannon is joining The Little Drummer Girl, the John le Carré adaptation from The Night Manager team of The Ink Factory, BBC One and AMC. He will play Israeli spymaster Kurtz, who entangles a young woman (Florence Pugh) in a complex and high-stakes plot with his Israeli intelligence…

UPDATED, 5:10 PM: Stephen Cornwell, a principal at The Ink Factory (The Night Manger) and his family — despite losing their home and all their belongings in the Ojai/Thomas fire — are asking those in the industry to help others in need: My wife, the kids and I want to thank all the amazing people who have reached out…

EXCLUSIVE: John Le Carré spy drama The Night Manager is moving closer towards a second series after signing up-and-coming British writer Matthew Orton to pen The Ink Factory-produced series. I hear that Orton, who has penned a number of feature films for MGM and Fox, is writing new episodes of the BBC and AMC…

The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory has hired Film 4's Tracey Josephs as Head of Production. Josephs, based in London, is one of six new hires for the firm after it secured a $180M funding boost earlier this month. Overseeing all physical production at the TV and film company, Josephs was previously Head of…

Big Little Lies Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgard is dancing to the beat of The Little Drummer Girl, the recently announced John le Carré adaptation from The Night Manager team of The Ink Factory, BBC One and AMC. Florence Pugh was already aboard the espionage thriller which has Park Chan-wook directing. Production on…

The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory has secured $180m in funding as it looks to step up its development and production capabilities. The company has struck a combination of deals including equity investment as well as a slate financing arrangement. The deals will allow The Ink Factory, run by Co-CEO's Simon and…