New Empire Pictures (NEP) today announces it has secured the rights to adapt award-winning author Sarah Winman’s Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novel, Still Life. The deal was negotiated by Emily Hayward Whitlock at The Artists Partnership in association with Robert Caskie at Robert Caskie Ltd. The project, spearheaded by Primetime Emmy, BAFTA, Golden Globe awards winning Producer and Executive Producer, Liz Trubridge (Downton Abbey) and NEP’s SAG award winning CEO Matt Barber (Downton Abbey) is in advanced development. Sarah Winman is set to adapt the novel with Lewis Georgeson (Dream Team) co-writing...

New Empire Pictures (New Empire) today announced the launch of the joint venture company that sees SAG award-winning actor Matt Barber re-united with his Emmy, Golden Globe, PGA and BAFTA award-winning Downton Abbey producer, Liz Trubridge (Lockerbie, The Last Kingdom), with the support of Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment as Strategic Sales Consultant. New Empire is a new creative powerhouse, merging strategic finance with creative excellence and precisely targeted sales and distribution strategies across its slate of projects, from inception to completion. Developing and supporting a carefully curated portfolio of the highest calibre content spanning diverse genres, formats and media, New Empire will leverage the proven expertise of its team and associates to overcome barriers in the production process, harnessing the U.K.’s exceptional talent and infrastructure to deliver world-class entertainment to a global audience.