‘Ghosts’ Producer Developing TV Version Of Podcast About Prolific British Con Woman; Paddy & Molly Doc; Melbourne Film Fest Hire – Global Briefs
deadline.com‘Ghosts‘ Producer Developing TV Version Of Podcast About Prolific British Con Woman Ghosts producer Monumental Television is developing a TV version of a podcast about one of the most prolific fraudsters in British history.
The indie has secured rights to Filthy Ritual, which is about Juliette D’Souza, who at the turn of the century wreaked havoc on a number of people’s lives until a rag-tag team of her victims came together to fight for justice.
Described by her neighbors as being like ‘a knife in a velvet glove’, D’Souza claimed to have a special connection to an ancient source of power and wisdom deep in the Amazonian jungle, and she is said to have made at least £1M through extortion and manipulation.
ITV Studios-backed Monumental makes BBC One smash Ghosts, which has been adapted for CBS, along with the likes of ITV’s Maryland and UKTV’s The Marlow Murder Club. “We were absolutely gripped by the stranger-than-fiction true crime story of Filthy Ritual and fell in love with the quirky Hampstead community who came together to get justice,” said Monumental Co-Founder Alison Owen. UFC Fighters Paddy & Molly Set For BBC Doc UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann are to be followed in a documentary on BBC Three.
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