Music Financier Invests In ITV’s ‘The Ipcress File’; ‘Masked Singer UK’ Indie Bandicoot In Triple Hire – Global Briefs
deadline.comMusic Financier Invests In ITV’s ‘The Ipcress File’EXCLUSIVE: Music financier Cutting Edge Media Music has invested in ITV’s adaptation of Len Deighton’s The Ipcress File and will take full music rights to the upcoming series.
Altitude Television’s big-budget six-parter has already pre-sold to AMC+ and producer Andy Mayson said “Cutting Edge’s involvement and expertise has ensured the authentic sounds of the 60s feature.” The highly-anticipated series comes from Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Hodge and Emmy-winning director James Watkins, and stars Joe Cole, Tom Hollander and Lucy Boynton.
Cole stars as Harry Palmer, a Cold War army sergeant who turns to spying in order to avoid prison, cutting his teeth on The Ipcress File.
The book was adapted in 1965 into a hit film starring Michael Caine as Palmer.‘Masked Singer UK’ Indie Bandicoot In Triple HireMasked Singer UK producer Bandicoot has made a triple hire as it bids to expand internationally.
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