‘Ghosts‘ Producer Growing TV Model Of Podcast About Prolific British Con Girl
Ghosts producer Monumental Tv is growing a TV model of a podcast about one of the crucial prolific fraudsters in British historical past. The indie has secured rights to Filthy Ritual, which is about Juliette D’Souza, who on the flip of the century wreaked havoc on quite a few individuals’s lives till a rag-tag group of her victims got here collectively to combat for justice. Described by her neighbors as being like ‘a knife in a velvet glove’, D’Souza claimed to have a particular connection to an historical supply of energy and knowledge deep within the Amazonian jungle, and she or he is alleged to have made at the very least £1M via extortion and manipulation. ITV Studios-backed Monumental makes BBC One smash Ghosts, which has been tailored for CBS, together with the likes of ITV’s Maryland and UKTV’s The Marlow Homicide Membership. “We have been completely gripped by the stranger-than-fiction true crime story of Filthy Ritual and fell in love with the quirky Hampstead group who got here collectively to get justice,” stated Monumental Co-Founder Alison Owen.
UFC Fighters Paddy & Molly Set For BBC Doc
UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann are to be adopted in a documentary on BBC Three. Whats up Mary is behind Paddy & Molly: Present No Mersey, charting the charismatic MMA fighters who’re making a big impact on one of many quickest rising sports activities on the planet. Pimblett is infamously identified to be brash and stuffed with bravado out and in of the cage, while McCann is introspective and emotionally uncooked however no much less outgoing. “BBC Three has established a monitor report in lifting the lid on some extraordinary, sudden but extremely related expertise to younger audiences within the UK, so after we obtained the chance to work with these two good, technicolour sportspeople we merely couldn’t refuse,” stated Nasfim Haque, Head of Content material at BBC Three.
Melbourne Worldwide Movie Pageant Hires CEO
The Melbourne Worldwide Movie Pageant (MIFF) has employed Damien Hodgkinson, former Melbourne Worldwide Comedy Pageant head, to the newly created position of CEO. The pageant stated Hodgkinson will play a pivotal position in shaping its future, together with advancing MIFF’s goal to “uncover and showcase distinctive movie expertise and cinematic artistry and to ship compelling pageant experiences for audiences.” Hodgkinson spent 11 years on the helm of Melbourne Worldwide Comedy Pageant as its Govt Director. Earlier than that, he served as Govt Director of Operations and Firm Secretary with the Australia Enterprise Arts Basis and has additionally been CEO of Melbourne Fringe Pageant. He’ll begin the position in March. Commenting on his appointment, Hodgkinson stated: “I’m each excited and honored to hitch the MIFF group and for the chance to steer this iconic Pageant via this subsequent section. MIFF is a beloved a part of Melbourne’s winter expertise and cultural expression, and extra broadly, it performs an more and more necessary position within the international and native movie business.”
