Scott Free sails on The Fishing Fleet
- Anne de Courcy’s bestseller deals with husband hunting in the British Raj
Ridley Scott’s company Scott Free London has acquired the film rights to Anne de Courcy’s best-selling book The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting In The Raj after a fierce bidding war with rival film and TV companies.
De Courcy’s book is a social history of husband hunting in the British Raj, and describes the exploits of young British women sent by the boatload to India to find love and marriage. The ones who did not find husbands and went back to England were known as the ‘Returned Empties’. De Courcy’s narrative is enhanced by real life sources including unpublished memoirs, letters and diaries.
Scott Free London will develop the book as a theatrical release feature film, with Liza Marshall producing. De Courcy will act as development consultant.
Blake Friedmann’s Conrad Williams and Carlo Dusi (photo) for Scott Free London negotiated the deal.
Scott Free London, the UK operation of Scott Free Productions, is headed up Liza Marshall. Scott Free London produced the YouTube backed film Life In A Day [+see also:
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