Big moves today from one of the UK's best-known filmmakers and some regular collaborators: Edgar Wright, fellow director Joe Cornish and producers Nira Park and Rachael Prior are forming a new production company called Complete Fiction.
The company will be based in London and Los Angeles and has already cracked a deal with Netflix to start developing series for the streaming service. According to Variety, the first is Lockwood & Co., which adapts Jonathan Stroud's novels, which Cornish will direct and produce. Also in the works? The Murders Of Molly Southbourne from novelist Tade Thompson, and a historical fantasy series inspired by Islamic folklore, The City of Brass, adapted from author S.A. Chakraborty's work.
On the film side, Complete Fiction will work with regular Wright collaborators Working Title, with several projects in development. "This new chapter with Complete Fiction is something I have wanted to embark on for a while now," says Wright. "Nira has been my producer now for more than 20 years, but we, along with our amazing team of long-time friends and collaborators, still share the same drive to bring original stories to the screen. Complete Fiction will be a dynamic hub for passionate creatives – somewhere they can feel nurtured and protected."