A chart-topping true crime podcast about Ghislaine Maxwell from U.K. radio station Lbc is being adapted for television.
Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films has nabbed screen rights to “Hunting Ghislaine” from Lbc (Leading Britain’s Conversation) and outdoor media powerhouse Global. Plans are underway to make a limited drama series based on the IP.
Launched in November 2020, and written and presented by award-winning investigative journalist and author John Sweeney, the six-part podcast was co-commissioned by Global and Dentsu-backed The Story Lab.
The podcast details the story of Maxwell, daughter of disgraced billionaire media tycoon Robert Maxwell and former partner of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested by the FBI last year. Maxwell denies six charges of enticing girls for sex with Epstein and perjury.
The podcast features testimonies from those who knew Maxwell as well as her father Robert, alongside a number of experts and fellow journalists covering the case.
Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films has nabbed screen rights to “Hunting Ghislaine” from Lbc (Leading Britain’s Conversation) and outdoor media powerhouse Global. Plans are underway to make a limited drama series based on the IP.
Launched in November 2020, and written and presented by award-winning investigative journalist and author John Sweeney, the six-part podcast was co-commissioned by Global and Dentsu-backed The Story Lab.
The podcast details the story of Maxwell, daughter of disgraced billionaire media tycoon Robert Maxwell and former partner of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested by the FBI last year. Maxwell denies six charges of enticing girls for sex with Epstein and perjury.
The podcast features testimonies from those who knew Maxwell as well as her father Robert, alongside a number of experts and fellow journalists covering the case.
- 1/13/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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