IMG, The Ink Factory spy le Carré partnership opportunity


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| 17 October 2015





Rights firm IMG and The Ink Factory have revealed they have completed all-territory partnerships for anticipated drama The Night Manager.


Directed by Susanne Bier, The Night Manager is a television adaptation of John le Carré’s best-selling novel and features A-list stars including Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander and David Harewood. It was developed by BBC1 with The Ink Factory and AMC as US network partners and the international partners will launch the series globally in the first quarter of 2016.

Partners include Tele München Gruppe for German-speaking Europe; C More and TV4 for the Nordic territories; DR for Denmark; Sky Italia for Italy; BBC First and SBS for Australia; TV3 for New Zealand; AMC International for Iberia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia (excluding Japan), Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East; and Sony Pictures for North American home entertainment.

“It has been an enormous privilege to work with Susanne Bier, Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston – an extraordinarily talented cast and crew – and indeed with John le Carré himself to bring The Night Manager to the screen,” said Simon Cornwell, co-founder of The Ink Factory. “It’s a much-loved novel of great scope and power, brilliantly adapted and updated by David Farr. With the support and vision of the BBC and AMC, along with WME and IMG and the commitment of great broadcasters around the world, we’ve been able to deliver tremendous scale in the production.”