New Franchise pacts with Jeffrey Archer

Deal covers film, TV and digital rights for 10 titles

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK, DIANA LODDERHOSE

TORONTO– Bestselling British author and controversial politico Jeffrey Archer will team up with Toronto-based New Franchise Media in a slate deal for worldwide film, TV and digital rights for 10 of Archer’s action and drama titles.
New Franchise, an intellectual property rights company backed by private financiers, will work with producers, indie companies and studios, both in the U.S. and abroad, to develop the books into feature films, TV movies and miniseries.

Led by Jeffrey Steiner, New Franchise was formed expressly to secure and develope the rights to Archer’s works. Titles include action crime-caper “False Impression” and a spy-thriller trilogy based on “A Matter of Honour,” “Honour Among Thieves” and “The Eleventh Commandment.”

“The stories of Jeffrey Archer are hugely popular in both domestic and international markets,” New Franchise exec VP Mark Romoff said.

Many of Archer’s tomes have been bestsellers, beginning with “Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less” in 1976.

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