EXCLUSIVE: Julie Anne Robinson, fresh off an Emmy directing nomination for Bridgerton, has optioned Vanessa Riley’s recently released novel Island Queen to develop for television via her UK-based Longboat Pictures production company, with Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh attached to executive produce.Island Queen is based on the true story of Dorothy “Doll” Kirwan Thomas, who was born enslaved, bought her freedom, and became one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the early 1800’s Caribbean.
Longboat Pictures secured the novel at the manuscript stage.Robinson and Longboat co-founder, former ITV Senior Drama Commissioner Victoria Fea, will executive produce, along with Andoh.“Vanessa has crafted a groundbreaking and inspiring story
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