ITV, Acorn TV among latest buyers to discover 'The Last to Disappear'
Based on Jo Spain's bestselling novel, the series follows a Dublin lobbyist who travels to Finland to solve his sister's murder.
DCD Rights has secured pre-sales to ITV in the UK and Acorn TV in North America for The Last to Disappear, the crime drama produced by Irish company Newgrange Pictures and starring Sam Keeley.
Based on the novel by Irish author Jo Spain, the six-part series is a co-production between Newgrange Pictures and Yellow Film & TV for Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde. The deals come ahead of DCD Rights’ presentation of the drama at MIPCOM.
Keeley, whose credits include Task, Kin and Dublin Murders, stars alongside Oona Airola (Hildur, Helsinki Syndrome) and Thea Sofie Loch Næss (La Palma, So Long Marianne).
The story follows an Irish lobbyist working in London who discovers that his sister has died in an apparent accidental drowning while employed at a luxury resort in Lapland. As he investigates, he begins to suspect that her death was no accident and may be linked to the murders of other women.
Nicky Davies Williams, CEO of DCD Rights, described the series as “totally engaging”, highlighting its setting, production values and tense storyline.
The Last to Disappear joins the distributor’s MIPCOM drama slate alongside Australian crime thriller Fortitude Valley, starring Rupert Everett, Hunter Page-Lochard and Kat Stewart.
