Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Level and South African participant Expanded Media Productions are adapting Deon Meyer’s bestseller Satan’s Peak right into a five-part collection for M-Web.
Set in Cape City, the thriller is being tailored by Moon Knight author Matthew Orton and follows proficient however damaged Detective Benny Griessel, who’s tasked with monitoring down a righteous vigilante killer whose crimes are capturing the creativeness of town. Benny and grieving father Thobela are introduced into the orbit of trapped mom Christine, who’s prepared to do something to attain a greater life for herself and her daughter, and the fates of those three characters turn into inextricably linked because the collection builds to its explosive climax.
Sequence stars Hilton Pelser (Moffie, Glasshouse, Kissing Sales space), Sisanda Henna (Trackers, Rogue) and Tarryn Wyngaard and is being directed by Jozua Malherbe (Griekwastad, Justice Served). Orton is adapting with Amy Jephta, who can be affiliate producer. Orton, Laura Lankester from Lookout Level and Francis Hopkinson from Expanded Media are govt producers, whereas M-Web’s govt producers are Yolisa Phahle, Allan Sperling and Jan du Plessis. Johann Knobel (Unhealthy Sisters, The Shadow Line) is producer.
Lankester stated: “Matthew Orton has created an exhilarating, propulsive, up to date adaptation of Deon Meyer’s work, alongside Amy Jephta, one in every of South Africa’s foremost display screen abilities.”
Satan’s Peak will air subsequent 12 months on South African community M-Web, with Lookout proprietor BBC Studios taking worldwide rights. Lookout is a prolific British drama producer behind the likes of HBO/BBC One’s Gentleman Jack, which HBO just lately cancelled.