James Nesbitt & Matt Willis Board Netflix’s Next Harlan Coben Series; Amazon Exec Joins Two Brothers; Bandicoot Hire – Global Briefs

James Nesbitt & Matt Willis Board Netflix‘s Next Harlan Coben Series

Further cast has been unveiled for Netflix’s next Harlan Coben adaptation from Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street. James Nesbitt (Stay Close, Bloodlands) and Love Is Blind host and former Busted singer Matt Jay-Willis have joined previously-announced Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer, Richard Armitage, Ashley Walters, Lenny Henry and Steve Pemberton in Missing You, which comes off the back of the smash success of Coben’s Fool Me Once. The series, which was revealed by Deadline several months back, follows Detective Kat Donovan (Eleazar), whose fiancé Josh disappeared and hasn’t been heard from since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. Stay Close scribe Coben’s Netflix deal has proved lucrative for the streamer and he is working on another show, Run Away. In keeping with previous Coben adaptations, Missing You will relocate the story from the U.S. to the UK. Filming has now started around Manchester and the North West of England. 

Amazon UK Drama Exec Joining ‘The Tourist’ Maker Two Brothers

Amazon UK drama exec Daisy Mount is heading to The Tourist maker Two Brothers Pictures. Mount joins as Drama Executive having overseen the likes of The Rig and BAFTA-winner Wilderness at the streamer. She will EP upcoming projects for the All3Media-backed Fleabag producer Two Brothers, which has also brought in Dinosaur EP Katie Churchill as Comedy Executive. Dovetailing both drama and comedy will be Cleo Hetherington, who joins as Head of Development from Drama Republic where she previously acted as Head of Development and script exec. Harry and Jack Williams’ indie has also promoted Sarah Hammond to Chief Creative Officer and Michael Latif to Chief Operating Officer. Harry and Jack Williams said the move represents “an exciting new chapter for us.”

‘Masked Singer UK’ Indie Hires Digital Boss

The Masked Singer UK producer Bandicoot Scotland has signed a Head of Digital. Nick Johns will work on digital for ITV hit The Masked Singer along with seeking new opportunities. He was previously Creative Director of Development at TOWIE indie Lime Pictures and first collaborated with Argonon JV Bandicoot at the start of the year, when he executive produced and hosted Maskcast, the first official The Masked Singer podcast and vodcast. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining Bandicoot to develop projects in a fast-evolving digital landscape and across new platforms,” said Johns. “I love that the team at Bandicoot are so tuned in to the opportunities in the global digital space and I can’t wait to apply my development skills to an expanding new market.”