Best-selling British novelist Geoffrey Archer is set to adapt his work for film and television in foreign language territories, with an initial focus on audiences in India, the rest of Asia and the Middle East.
The multi-millionaire author, known for stories such as Tales – a recently announced trilogy co-produced by Eleven and Sony Television International – and The , has sold 275 million of his books worldwide. It has sold more than 100,000 copies and topped the bestseller list 27 times.
On Wednesday, The Jeffrey Archer Company and London-based Dream Bay Entertainment (DBE), which was co-founded in 2023 by former Amazon executive Thomas Drakekovich, said they had partnered to bring Archer’s stories to the screen. It is owned.
Jason Hafford, a former agent in CAA’s global TV department, was recently unveiled as co-founder and head of DBE Management.
Drakekovic said the team-up is “exciting” because India and the Middle East are “two of the fastest-growing entertainment markets in the world.” “Our goal is to leverage local partnerships and expertise that honor Jeffrey’s work while ensuring these stories are culturally relevant and authentically of the highest quality.”
After Archer published the hit, the story of a quartet of British Members of Parliament vying to become Prime Minister, based on his own experience in politics.
Caught in a libel suit against a British tabloid in 1987, Archer was charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice 13 years after the trial and sentenced to four years in prison, with He was sentenced to two. He later wrote a series of three books after his imprisonment.
He has previously accused India’s multi-billion dollar Bollywood industry of plagiarism when asked in 2015 how his books could translate into Hollywood films. In a 2015 interview with India, Archer said: “Well, forget Hollywood, just look at your Bollywood! These thieves have stolen many of my books, not so much as ‘your permission.’ From’.
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