Chatshow king Graham Norton plans drastic career change away from BBC
ok.co.ukChat show legend Graham Norton is venturing into the film industry with his next big project co-writing and producing a romantic comedy.
Industry insiders reveal that his company, So Television, and production firm Tiger Mountain are joining forces for this UK-Irish movie, which is set to start filming later this year.The man behind the camera will be Dan Mazer, one of the screenwriters of 2016's Bridget Jones' Baby and the upcoming fourth movie in the series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy that is due for release on Valentine's Day next year.
A reliable source spoke about Graham and Dan's new project: "The film has been financed by Sky and will be shot in Ireland in July and August.
It has not been an easy road to get to this point, and the team at So, who are learning as they go, have found getting movies made is much harder than they expected." "But this is a really exciting project and everyone has high hopes for it now the ball is really rolling.Talks are ongoing with some high-profile actors who would really make the script come alive." This thrilling move towards the big screen follows Graham's successful conversion of his novel, Holding, into an ITV series earlier this year, featuring Conleth Hill and Siobhan McSweeney.
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