Ordeal By Innocence—first installment in a
series of Amazon Originals—began production this month and will
become available exclusively to Prime members in the U.S.
Seventh paragraph, first sentence of the release should read:
IMG will handle international sales on behalf of Agatha Christie
Limited (instead of Sky's international sales arm Sky Vision will
handle international distribution rights).
The corrected release reads:
AMAZON SETS MULTI-SHOW DEAL WITH AGATHA
CHRISTIE LIMITED
Ordeal By Innocence—first installment in a
series of Amazon Originals—began production this month and will
become available exclusively to Prime members in the U.S.
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced its continued growth of
international production, adding a series of adaptations from
Agatha Christie Limited to its lineup of dramatic Amazon Original
Series in the U.S. The first adaptation of Christie’s classic
stories, Ordeal By Innocence, began production earlier this month
in the U.K. and will feature an ensemble cast, including Bill Nighy
(Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean), Alice Eve (Star Trek
Into Darkness), Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Children), Matthew Goode (The Good Wife, Downton Abbey), Catherine
Keener (Get Out, Capote), Ed Westwick (White Gold, Gossip Girl),
Luke Treadaway (Fortitude), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark), and Morven
Christie (The A Word). In Ordeal By Innocence, old wounds are
reopened for the Argyll family when a man suddenly turns up and
claims that the black sheep of the family, Jack Argyll, could not
have murdered its tyrannical matriarch—for which he was accused
just one year earlier. The family must come to terms with Jack’s
innocence and with the fact that one of them may be the real
murderer. Amazon’s deal with Agatha Christie Limited continues its
partnership with production company Mammoth Screen and was brokered
by WME.
Ordeal By Innocence reunites Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth
Screen with writer and executive producer Sarah Phelps, following
the critical success of And Then There Were None (BBC One) in
December 2015 and The Witness for the Prosecution (BBC One) in
December 2016. Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive premium
subscription streaming home for these series in the U.S.
“We are thrilled to bring to our slate these adaptations from
the world’s greatest mystery writer,” said Morgan Wandell, Head of
International Series, Amazon Studios. “With terrific talent, in
front of and behind the camera, they are sure to delight our
customers.”
“We are delighted to be working with Amazon in the TV space.
They have obviously played a massive part in our book business over
the past few years, and it is exciting to move with them onto Prime
Video in the U.S.,” said James Prichard, Chairman and CEO of Agatha
Christie Limited.
“The brand of Agatha Christie resonates around the world,” said
WME | IMG Partner Chris Rice. “We couldn’t be happier to have
Amazon as our U.S. home for this franchise. We think the
series of specials will attract great auteurs and actors to create
compelling content for audiences everywhere.”
Ordeal By Innocence and the additional forthcoming drama series
from Agatha Christie Limited will be available for Prime members to
stream and enjoy using the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected
devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online
with other Amazon Original Series online at Amazon.com/originals,
at no additional cost to their membership. Eligible customers who
are not already Prime members can sign up for a free trial at
www.amazon.com/prime. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible
devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
IMG will handle international sales on behalf of Agatha Christie
Limited. WME and Sky Vision negotiated the deal with Amazon.
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Agatha Christie Limited
Agatha Christie Limited (ACL) has been managing the literary and
media rights to Agatha Christie's works around the world since
1955, working with the best talents in film, television,
publishing, stage and on digital platforms to ensure that
Christie’s work continues to reach new audiences in innovative ways
and to the highest standard. The company is managed by Christie’s
great grandson James Prichard.
November 2017 will see the release of 20th Century Fox’s
feature film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s acclaimed mystery,
Murder on the Orient Express. The film will be directed by
five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, who will also star
as Poirot. Branagh helms an all-star cast that includes Judi Dench,
Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Olivia Colman,
Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Josh Gad,
Leslie Odom Jr., Sergei Polunin and Lucy Boynton.
ACL’s recent television projects include the
critically-acclaimed BBC One adaptations of And Then There Were
None (Aidan Turner, Charles Dance, Sam Neill) and The Witness for
the Prosecution (Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough, Kim Cattrall),
both produced by ACL alongside Mammoth Screen, with screenplays
from Sarah Phelps (Great Expectations, The Casual Vacancy).
Production begins shortly on Ordeal By Innocence, the first of
seven new adaptations for the BBC over the course of the next four
years.
Globally, ACL works closely with leading screen production
companies to deliver territory-specific adaptations. Notable
productions include the popular French series Les Petits Meurtres
d’Agatha Christie produced by Escazal, and Japanese adaptations of
Murder on the Orient Express from Fuji TV (winner of the Tokyo
Grand Prix drama award) and the forthcoming And Then There Were
None from TV Asahi. Further projects are in development in
Europe, the U.S., Asia and Latin America.
In 2016 literary projects included the global publication of the
new Hercule Poirot novel Closed Casket, the second continuation
novel from bestselling crime writer Sophie Hannah, published in
more than 30 languages and distributed in over 100 territories.
Sophie will shortly begin work on two more Poirot novels for
publication in 2018 and 2020.
About WME | IMG
WME | IMG is a global leader in entertainment, sports and
fashion operating in more than 30 countries. Named one of Fortune’s
25 Most Important Private Companies, WME | IMG specializes in
talent representation and management; brand strategy, activation
and licensing; media production, sales and distribution; and event
management.
WME | IMG has led the market in global
co-productions recently selling “The Night Manager” and “Dirk
Gently” in over 190 territories; handling territorial sales for
“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” “The Young Pope,” and the upcoming
Sky / Amazon series “Britannia.”
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