Yellow Film’s Newgrange Expands; Irish Drama ‘The Boy That Never Was’ Sells; Woodcut Strikes ATF Deals — Global Briefs

Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
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Newgrange Signs Business Affairs & Development Chiefs

Jackie Larkin’s Newgrange Pictures, part of Finnish film and TV studio Yellow Film & TV, has appointed a business affairs and development boss. Joan Lambe will oversee the company’s financing opportunities and strategic decisions along with aiding with the overall financial planning of the company. Ali Doyle, meanwhile, will work across the existing slate of film and TV projects and new programs. The pair’s past employers include MGM, HBO, Netflix and Wild Atlantic Pictures. “Due to the recent lull in the market following an unstable summer of strikes and general slowdown in the business, the growth plan had to be put on hold,” said Larkin. “But we’re in this for the long game and have seen these peaks and troughs before. I am so excited to bring these two amazing women to the team.” Arctic Circle producer Yellow Film calls itself “Finland’s largest production studio” and Newgrange is its Dublin-based studio. The outfit is on the eve of two project announcements, according to Yellow.

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Abacus Shops RTÉ Drama ‘The Boy That Never Was’ To UK, France

Ireland’s RTÉ has ordered The Boy That Never Was, a four-hour drama based on a novel from Karen Perry. UKTV and France Télévisions have already pre-bought the show, which Abacus Media Rights is shopping internationally. Colin Morgan (Belfast), Toni O’Rourke (God’s Creatures), Kerr Logan (Alias Grace) and Simon Callow (The Witcher) are starring in the Hannah Quinn-directed series, which follows the story of a three-year old Irish boy who disappears during an earthquake in Morocco. Three years later, his father becomes obsessed a boy he has spotted in Dublin is his son and becomes obsessed, tearing his marriage apart and exposing secrets about the night their child went missing. The series was filmed on location in Morocco and Ireland, and is produced by North Sea Connection maker Subotica with support from Screen Ireland. Jo Spain (Harry Wild) and David Logan (Harry Wild) are co-writing the script. Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch of Subotica are exec producers alongside RTÉ’s David Crean and Dermot Horan and Screen Ireland / Fís Éirean’s Andrew Byrne.

Asian Nets Gear Up For ATF With Woodcut Deals

Asian networks have been shopping at UK distributor Woodcut International ahead of the Asia TV Forum. TrueVisions in Thailand snapped up Season 1 of A Royal Guide To… for its channel True Explore Life, while Hong Kong’s PCCW took (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story for its VOD service NOW TV. Elsewhere, Beijing ATW Culture (China) picked up the filmed theatrical performance of Wuthering Heights for theatrical release and non-theatrical platforms. Woodcut International’s Sales Agent for Asia, Pooja Nirmal Kant, struck the deals. The Asia TV Forum kicks off at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on December 5.

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