EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV adaptations of works by the likes of Evelyn Waugh and Langston Hughes could be incoming following a deal struck between Artists, Writers & Artisans (AWA) and International Literary Properties (ILP).
Fremantle and Sister-backed AWA will collaborate with ILP on the slate of projects, with a view to developing some into film and TV adaptations and others into graphic novel reimaginings.
The first project from the deal has been set and will be unveiled shortly. ILP holds the rights to numerous literary estates including that of Waugh, Hughes, Ann Rule and James M.
Cain, and it has struck deals for projects such as Playground and Red Arrow Studios International’s Inspector Maigret adaptation.
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