Naman Ramachandran Working Title has optioned TV rights to bestselling author John Preston’s ( “A Very English Scandal,” “The Dig”) non-fiction book “Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell.”The book, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, earlier this month, charts British media mogul Robert Maxwell’s rise, fall and mysterious death.The project, being developed as a limited TV series, will be produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (pictured).
Working Title head of drama Surian Fletcher-Jones will oversee development, with a view to commencing production later this year.In February 1991, Maxwell had finally outwitted Rupert Murdoch, and completed his purchase of the ailing New York Daily News when he drowned at sea.
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