John le Carré


Night Manager firm preps new le Carré series

The prodco behind hit John Le Carré adaptation The Night Manager is now turning one of the author’s best known books – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – into a TV series. Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy will pen the cold war spy drama. The Ink Factory, which is run by Le […]

New deals for The Night Manager

The Night Manager will be on free TV in France and on a Chinese streaming service after IMG sealed new sales for the hit drama series as it launches in the US. The adaptation of the John le Carré novel of the same name generated big ratings for BBC One in the UK, averaging 6.3 […]

New hires for The Night Manager prodco

The Ink Factory has made a raft of hires as its John le Carré adaptation The Night Manager is about to hit screens. The scripted indie which adapts John le Carré’s novels for TV and film, has recruited former Cross Creek Pictures (Black Swan) and MGM exec Becky Sloviter as senior VP, development, working out of the […]

Show of the week: The Night Manager

The first television series to adapt a John le Carré novel in a quarter-century is set for screens around the world. Stewart Clarke reports John le Carré is one of the world’s best-selling novelists, and his classics Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley’s People and a Perfect Spy have all been adapted for TV. There has […]

AMC takes int’l rights to le Carré novel

AMC Global has secured international rights to the television adaptation of John le Carré novel The Night Manager. Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddlestone (The Avengers) are starring in the six-part drama, which is a coproduction of the American arm of pay TV group AMC, British pubcaster the BBC and prodco The Ink Factory. The […]