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Legendary Entertainment Ends Venture With Watford & Essex As UK Producer Files For Closure


Legendary has declined to renew its JV deal with Watford & Essex as the UK producer, founded by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham, files for closure.

Emma Frost and Matthew Graham, co-founders of Watford & EssexSupplied Legendary ended its joint-venture agreement with Watford & Essex last year and the producer has in recent days appointed financial services firm Cork Gully to oversee a liquidation process. When Watford & Essex announced its arrival in 2020, the producer said it was in development on 10 projects, including a remake of ABC’s 1960s TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. Watford & Essex also optioned books including Kate MacDougall’s London’s Number One Dog Walking Agency and Jordan Stephens’ The Wolf You Feed: On Masculinity and Heartbreak.

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