Simon Maxwell Unpacks Motive Pictures’ Transatlantic Drama Strategy & Reveals Projects With Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Alison Brie, Philip K. Dick Drama, Partnership With Westward Prods.
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock has wrapped, Get Millie Black is on air, and with Ruth Wilson-starrer The Woman In The Wall and One Night with Jodie Whittaker already under its belt, Simon Maxwell’s Motive Pictures has a head of steam.
Next up, Maxwell tells Deadline, his Fifth Season-backed label will take original projects developed with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alison Brie and Whittaker to market, as well as a Philip K.
Dick adaptation from the writers behind Humans. Maxwell also reveals that Motive is working with Beau Willimon (Andor) and Jordan Tappis (Severance) through their Westward Productions banner, with scripted and documentary projects in the offing.
For a UK-based drama producer looking to tap into U.S. finance and partnerships, having HBO (Get Millie Black), Prime Video (Young Sherlock) and Showtime (The Woman In The Wall) as partners on your first shows – and the Australia/New Zealand arm of Paramount+ (One Night) on the other – feels like proof of concept.
Read more on deadline.com
