EXCLUSIVE: Recreation of Thrones star Sophie Turner will star in a six-part drama impressed by infamous British jewel thief Joan Hannington for ITV.
Joan, from author Anna Symon, is about within the brash and aspirational London of the Eighties and follows X Males: Darkish Phoenix star Turner as legal Hannington, whose exploits earned her the nickname ‘The Godmother’ within the metropolis’s underworld.
Filming will start in London in spring subsequent 12 months, primarily based on Hannington’s memoirs. Author Anna Simon (Mrs Wilson, The Essex Serpent) with the diamond thief and legal mastermind whereas penning the scripts.
The collection begins with Hannington in her twenties in a disastrous marriage to a violent man. When he goes on the run, she units her sights on a greater life for her and daughter Debbie earlier than remodeling into an completed jewel thief.
“I’m so excited to be bringing Joan Hannington’s fascinating life story to display in Joan,” stated Turner, whose greatest often known as Sansa Stark in HBO’s Recreation of Thrones. “She is among the most infamous figures within the legal underworld of London, incomes her the nickname ‘The Godmother.’ A lady who goes between her thriving and daring profession as a jewel thief, all while attempting to get her daughter again from social companies, we see a mom in despair swept up within the exhilarating world of crime.”
ITV Head of Drama Polly Hill commissioned the collection and Snowed-In Productions is connected to supply in affiliation with All3Media Worldwide, which takes worldwide distribution rights. Snowed-In is producing the upcoming Stonehouse for one more ITV-backed streamer, BritBox Worldwide.
Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny Van Der Lande and Neil Blair are government producers for Snowed-In, with Paul Frift producing and Richard Laxton (The Thief, His Spouse and the Canoe) directing.
Turner is represented by Impartial Expertise Group and CAA.
