SLAM TV, a new production company based in the U.K. and headed by actors Stephen Mangan (Episodes) and Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), has acquired the option to develop a TV series based on the Maisie Dobbs historical mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear.
"We are hugely excited to be working with Jacqueline Winspear," said Mangan. "There has never been a female character like Maisie Dobbs in period drama; she has huge appeal for a modern television audience and the potential to be a truly iconic screen figure. We can't wait to get started on these wonderful stories."
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Bill Paxton has joined the cast of a drama for BBC Two based on David Kushner's 2012 book, Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto. Deadline.com reported that Daniel Radcliffe "is playing Sam Houser, the co-founder of video game developer Rockstar Games, and Paxton is lined up as his nemesis, the former attorney Jack Thompson who tried to destroy the company." Shooting starts in South Africa next week with Owen Harris (Kill Your Friends, Misfits) directing from a script by James Wood (Rev.).
