Headline Pictures Kristin Scott Thomas, and Tom Hollander, written by Abi Morgan, telling the story of the secret love affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan. Headline Pictures is currently developing feature film Reykjavik, a drama about the Reagan/Gorbachev summit in Iceland in 1986 which effectively ended the Cold War; and a TV series based on the Martin Cruz Smith Renko novels, adapted by Adrian Hodges Headline Pictures Headline Pictures is an International Emmy-winning British film and television drama production company founded in 2005 by BAFTA nominee Stewart Mackinnon. The company has developed and produced film and television including The Man in
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