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.

New Empire Pictures (NEP), the London production and development joint venture founded by Downton Abbey producer Liz Trubridge and actor, writer and producer Matt Barber, has secured the rights to adapt Sarah Winman’s best-selling novel Still Life. A TV project is said to be in advanced development, with Winman adapting her own book alongside co-writer Lewis Georgeson (Dream Team)...

New Empire Pictures will forge a slate of TV shows and movies that it said will “merge strategic finance with creative excellence and precisely targeted sales and distribution strategies.” The company launches with the support of Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment as Strategic Sales Consultant. Liz Trubridge and Matt Barber. Image: Karwai Tang/WireImage / David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Trubridge is a decorated British producer who worked across Downton Abbey for years, scooping an Emmy in 2011 for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie and nominated for several more. She worked on the more recent Downton films and is a producer on Peacock-Sky’s upcoming Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. She has been three-times BAFTA nominated for Downton, A Short Stay in Switzerland and The Riff Raff Element.

Liz Trubridge and Matt Barber’s New Empire Pictures has secured the rights to adapt 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...

Actor, writer and producer Matt Barber and Downton Abbey producer Liz Trubridge are re-teaming to launch a new London production and development house. New Empire Pictures is a joint venture company that sees actor Barber re-united with his Downton Abbey producer, Trubridge (Lockerbie, The Last Kingdom). The company has also enlisted the support of Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment as strategic sales consultant. The company says it aims to merge strategic finance with creative excellence and targeted sales and distribution strategies across its slate of projects, from inception to completion.

Actor Matt Barber is launching a new production company, New Empire Pictures, a joint venture with Barber as CEO and Downton Abbey Producer Liz Trubridge as Executive Producer. The indie will be...

Liz Trubridge, the Emmy-winning producer of Downton Abbey, is teaming up with actor Matt Barber to establish a new production company, New Empire Pictures. According to a Deadline exclusive report, the venture promises to deliver top-tier television and film projects, blending strategic financing with creative ingenuity and targeted sales strategies. New Empire Pictures aims to be a hub for high-quality cross-media projects, supporting content from development through production and distribution. Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment has joined the team as Strategic Sales Consultant, adding his expertise to the company’s ambitious vision.