Hera Pictures is currently in post production on DC Moore’s limited period drama Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine, with lead director Oliver Hermanus for Sky Atlantic and AMC. On the film side, Hera produced The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer, directed by Mahalia Belo and adapted by writer Alice Birch from Megan Hunter’s novella of the same name. The film recently premiered at TIFF to rave reviews and can next be seen at the London Film Festival, then in cinemas in January. Hera are also working with Chloé Zhao on the adaption of Maggie O’Farrell’s multi award-winning novel Hamnet to shoot in 2024. Hera’s first series, Temple, an eight-part returning drama starring Mark Strong was Sky 1’s most successful drama of 2019 and chosen as one of the top tv shows of 2020 by The New York Times. Hera also made Honour, a two-part true crime story for ITV about a so-called honour killing starring Keeley Hawes and written by Gwyneth Hughes. Hera Pictures was established by Liza Marshall, who was previously Head of Drama at Channel 4 (Red Riding, Boy A, This Is England, Top Boy), before going on to establish and run Scott Free London for Ridley Scott (Taboo, Before I Go To Sleep, Life In A Day, Get Santa), and prior to this, she was a producer at the BBC (The Long Firm, The Sins, Eroica). Marshall produced season one of hit series Riviera for Sky Atlantic, as well as BAFTA-nominated The State from Peter Kosminsky for Channel 4.
