EXCLUSIVE: Killing Eve co-producer Charlotte Essex is heading to UK indie Roughcut TV to develop a slate of initiatives for its drama push.
Essex will construct on current relationships whereas searching for new and rising writers for her slate, which comes as Stath Lets Flats maker Roughcut ups its drama ambitions.
Essex most lately produced Insomnia for Left Financial institution Photos/Paramount+, Who’s Erin Carter? for Left Financial institution Photos/Netflix and the fourth and ultimate collection of Killing Eve for Sid Mild Movies/AMC. She has beforehand script exec’d the fourth collection of ITV’s Unforgotten and the BBC’s Gold Digger.
Roughcut, which is run by The Workplace producer Ash Atalla, has been producing comedies for years however lately expanded into drama beneath Marianna Abbotts. The indie made Coma for Channel 5 and is producing Little Disasters for Paramount+. Earlier this yr it tied with Fremantle on a drama improvement deal. The Roughcut drama workforce additionally contains inventive director Alex Smith, improvement producer Claire Kaloy and improvement editor Issy Franklin.
Abbotts stated: “We’re completely delighted that Charlotte has joined us as we embark on a brand new chapter in Roughcut’s journey. Charlotte is a gifted, inventive and massively skilled government producer, who will assist broaden our rising drama slate as we ramp up for additional manufacturing subsequent yr.”
