Robert Maxwell TV Drama Being Developed At Working Title Based On Book By ‘A Very English Scandal’ Author
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deadline.comWorking Title has optioned TV rights to author John Preston’s (A Very English Scandal, The Dig) new non-fiction book Fall: the Mystery of Robert Maxwell.The book, published by Viking on February 4, chronicles the business tycoon’s rise, scandalous fall and untimely death.
A Czech immigrant to the UK, Maxwell built a publishing empire, and became an MP, before he was found dead overboard from his yacht in 1991; it was posthumously discovered that he had improperly used funds from the Mirror Publishing group’s pension pot to cover his other companies from bankruptcy.
His youngest child is Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently charged with sex trafficking crimes related to her links to Jeffrey Epstein.Working Title’s Head of Drama Surian
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