Projects in genres: Drama and with status: Pre-production

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In 1842 the gifted young English artist Richard Dadd went on a Grand Tour of Europe and the Middle East with his patron. On reaching Egypt he was suffering from delusions and sunstroke. He began to hear voices and become obsessed with the Egyptian god Osiris who told him to murder his father.
On returning to England he was ill, unrecognisable and proceeded to kill his father who he believed to be an imposter.Dadd was commited to the asylum Bedlam, where he painted his greatest (and now highly regarded) works, works that uncovered a world beneath the surface of the every day.
Based on the novel by Jennifer Higgie published in 2006.

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The funny, moving and complex story of flamboyant Irish-born entertainer Danny La Rue (1927-2009).
La Rue was once known as the world’s most famous female impersonator. He had an acerbic risqué wit and was a familiar face to millions in the UK. La Rue hosted his own TV series in the 1970s and also his own Saturday night live show from the London Palladium.
Alongside his glitzy public persona La Rue had a complex personal life, including a web of relationships with both his male manager and his devoted female costume designer.

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When Charlotte Heywood is invited by eternal optimist and entrepreneur Tom Parker to spend the summer season at Sanditon she accepts immediately, intrigued to see (not so) polite society at play in the newly fashionable sea bathing resort.
There she meets a host of classic Austen characters from the imperious nouveau-riche Lady Denham to her impoverished ward Clara, and from the lecherous Sir Edward, to the dashing, feckless Sidney Parker and his hypochondriac sisters.
Adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel.

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Due to financial difficulties Malachy, a North Sea fisherman begins to use his boat to illegally transport immigrants into the UK. On one particularly difficult crossing, tragedy strikes, and Malachy finds himself an accidental father-figure to a 10-year-old Congolese girl who is fleeing from traffickers.

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A supernatural thriller set in India.

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A film about legendary British cyclist Tom Simpson, who became the country's first citizen to lead the Tour de France in the 1960s.

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A post apocalyptic age and the land is lawless, watching over the land are small watching posts, manned by a single waywatcher, on the lookout for refugees. One such waywatcher is Hilts and when he inadvertantly rescues one such female refugee, they soon find they are getting to have feelings for one another which soon leads them to being on the run.

Finding refuge with 'Mother', Hilts and Kara are tasked with a rescue before they can seek safety within the exclusion zone, but with each others revelations, trust becomes their biggest challenge.

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Giles Bonham-Hess, a notorious celebrity chef is charismatic and repulsive in equal measure. His desire to explore and pique the dark tastes of the super rich knows no bounds since he also belongs to an exclusive and upscale New York cannibal ring.
“Imagine a top celebrity chef with the gourmet talents and bravado of Gordon Ramsay and the tastes of Hannibal Lecter.” Rob Green

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Feature adaptation of Thomas Harding’s non-fiction book about the hunt for Auschwitz Nazi Kommandant Rudolf Hoss 'Hanns & Rudolph'.

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A woman in her late 30s goes on a road trip across the UK to confront her recently deceased husband's secret mistresses, taking her estranged step-son in tow.

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The story of two families, the Belseys and the Kipps and their different, yet increasingly intertwined lives. Their stories address ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values.
Adapted from the prize-winning novel by Zadie Smith.

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Drama set during the 1980s miners’ strike.
A young man in a Yorkshire mining community discovers that he is gay and faces up to some of the harsher realities of life.