With Jeffrey Epstein's former lover Ghislaine Maxwell already the subject of several upcoming documentaries, powerhouse Brit producers Working Title have turned their attention to her notorious father.
The company has optioned the TV rights toFall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell from John Preston —author of A Very English Scandal and The Dig (which was recently adapted for film by Netflix) —and published earlier this month by Viking, with plans to turn it into a limited series.
The book delivers the definitive account of the business tycoon's extraordinary rise, scandalous fall and mysterious death, attempting to disentangle the man from the monster and answer the riddle of how one turned into the other.
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