EXCLUSIVE: In one other reminder of the difficult local weather for UK scripted producers, Watford & Essex has filed for closure after its joint-venture take care of Legendary Leisure was not renewed.
The drama firm was based alongside Legendary in 2020 by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham, showrunners of Starz collection The Spanish Princess, however didn’t have a greenlit collection introduced throughout its 5 years of buying and selling.
Legendary ended its joint-venture settlement with Watford & Essex final 12 months and the producer has in latest days appointed monetary companies agency Cork Gully to supervise a liquidation course of.
Legendary, the U.S. studio behind collection together with Dune: Prophecy, declined to remark. Reps for Frost and Graham have been contacted for remark.
When Watford & Essex introduced its arrival in 2020, the producer stated it was in growth on 10 tasks, together with a remake of ABC’s Nineteen Sixties TV collection Voyage To The Backside Of The Sea.
Watford & Essex additionally optioned books together with Kate MacDougall’s London’s Quantity One Canine Strolling Company and Jordan Stephens’ The Wolf You Feed: On Masculinity and Heartbreak.
Frost and Graham’s The Spanish Princess adopted The White Princess and The White Queen. Frost’s different credit embody penning the screenplay for Ron Howard’s Jennifer Lawrence film Zelda, whereas she has labored on TV reveals together with The Man within the Excessive Citadel and The Tunnel. Graham co-created the long-lasting BBC collection Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes.
Frost is repped by Curtis Brown. Graham is represented by Valerie Hoskins Associates.
