Sophie Turner Lands Lead Function In True-Crime Drama ‘Joan’ For ITV – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Sport 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 ready within the brash and aspirational London of the Eighties and follows X Males: Darkish Phoenix star Turner as prison Hannington, whose exploits earned her the nickname ‘The Godmother’ within the metropolis’s underworld.

Filming will start in London in spring subsequent 12 months, based mostly on Hannington’s memoirs. Author Anna Simon (Mrs Wilson, The Essex Serpent) with the diamond thief and prison mastermind whereas penning the scripts.

The sequence 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 reworking into an completed jewel thief.

“I’m so excited to be bringing Joan Hannington’s fascinating life story to display in Joan,” mentioned Turner, whose finest generally known as Sansa Stark in HBO’s Sport of Thrones. “She is without doubt one of the most infamous figures within the prison underworld of London, incomes her the nickname ‘The Godmother.’ A girl who goes between her thriving and daring profession as a jewel thief, all while attempting to get her daughter again from social providers, we see a mom in despair swept up within the exhilarating world of crime.” 

ITV Head of Drama Polly Hill commissioned the sequence 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 Unbiased Expertise Group and CAA.