The Lady in the Van "The Lady in the Van" was greenlit on 3 June 2014, with TriStar Productions and BBC Films working together to make the film adaptation of Alan Bennett's West End hit. TriStar won the film rights to handle worldwide distribution, while the BBC was the first to show the film on television in the UK. The involvement of Maggie Smith and Nicholas Hytner was announced simultaneously with the film, but they were attached to the project as early as 9 May (coincidentally Bennett's 80th birthday). Both of them had collaborated with Bennett in the past; Hytner on "The Madness of King
The Lady in Question (1999 film) The Lady in Question (1999 film) The Lady in Question is a 1999 American made-for-television mystery crime-thriller film directed by Joyce Chopra. It represents the last leading role and film for Gene Wilder and his last credit as screenwriter. As in the previous film "Murder in a Small Town" Wilder plays the amateur detective Larry "Cash" Carter. It was broadcast by A&E on December 12, 1999. After the high ratings A&E received for "Murder in a Small Town", the first Cash Carter mystery, "The Lady in Question" began filming in Toronto in May 1999. Although A&E and Granada Entertainment USA