Gaumont UK


Banijay creates scripted roles for HBO Europe & Gaumont UK alums

Banijay has created two new scripted roles, with HBO Europe alum Steve Matthews joining its central team and Gaumont UK’s Myar Craig-Brown going to its new label Double Dutch. Matthews will join the central scripted department on 1 February in the newly created role of content partnerships executive, reporting to recently appointed global head of […]

Gaumont UK to adapt ‘Iskander’ games as TV thriller

Gaumont UK has optioned the TV and film rights to the Iskander trilogy, an interactive game series created by London-based immersive entertainment company Swamp Motel. The company, which is the British arm of the French studio behind Lupin and Narcos, plans to turn the games into a TV drama, with development led by executive producer Alison Jackson (Tin Star, […]

Gaumont UK hires Wall To Wall alum Myar Craig-Brown as creative director

Gaumont UK has appointed Myar Craig-Brown to the position of creative director to oversee the company’s growing global drama slate. In her new role at French studio Gaumont’s London-based division, Craig-Brown will build upon and drive the slate with the aim of appealing to global audiences. She joins the company from Wall To Wall, where […]

Gaumont UK options Vogue wartime editor Audrey Withers bio for drama series

The UK division of French studio Gaumont has optioned a biography about former Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Audrey Withers for a TV adaptation. Historian Julie Summers’ book Dressed For War: The Story Of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire From The Blitz To The Swinging Sixties, will be developed as a returning drama series by Gaumont UK. […]

Gaumont launching UK office with Kudos exec

France’s Gaumont is expanding further in Europe with the hire of Kudos executive producer Alison Jackson, who will launch of a UK office for the historic prodco. Jackson will lead Gaumont UK as president, reporting to Gaumont’s Paris-based vice CEO Christophe Riandee. The division, which will be based in London, opens in August. This comes […]