M-Net orders Goalpost, Quizzical drama
South African pay TV network M-Net has ordered a new police series titled Detective Cooper from Australia’s Goalpost Pictures and local prodco Quizzical Pictures.
Malla Nunn
The series is an adaptation of Malla Nunn’s novel A Beautiful Place To Die, part of the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series of books set in South Africa.
Detective Cooper is a white detective in the apartheid era who is forced to conceal his mixed-race heritage.
Goalpost initially optioned the rights to four of the novels last April, while Quizzical Pictures is known for award-winning series Intersexions.
James McNamara and Amy Jephta have adapted the book for TV, while Goalpost’s Sarah Christie is development producer.