ITVSGE takes first look at Alchemy

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVSGE) has signed a first-look deal with the fledgling drama production outfit set up by former The Forge exec Kate Sinclair earlier this year.

The distribution arm of the UK’s ITV Studios has partnered with Alchemy Entertainment, which Sinclair launched earlier this year after spending three years as an executive producer at London-based The Forge.

While there, Sinclair developed and exec produced BBC1 and PBS Masterpiece drama The Miniaturist. She previously sourced and acquired rights to feature films prior to their release, including Slumdog Millionaire and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

She has also worked as an executive producer at Company Pictures, where she acquired and developed nine television projects.

At Alchemy Entertainment, Sinclair aims to bring that together her film and television expertise, and has brought her slate from The Forge to the new company.

Alchemy has also brought on board Bafta winner Kevin Loader (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, The Death of Stalin, The Lady in the Van) and Paul Ritchie (McMafia, The Woman in Black, Nowhere Boy), both of whom have worked extensively across television and film, to help source, develop and produce for the company.

Sinclair said: “Our aim is to make bold, ambitious and vivid stories in a cinematic way. We hope to bring our passion, expertise and relationships from the film industry to the small screen and already have a diverse, exciting slate of both new and established projects in development.”