Kevin McKidd Launches Ferryman Films, Partners With STV Studios
The Edinburgh-based label's first collaboration with STV Studios is an adaptation of William Shaw's detective novel The Red Shore.
Kevin McKidd has launched Ferryman Films, an independent production label based in Edinburgh, according to Deadline. The label has partnered with STV Studios, the production and distribution arm of Scottish broadcaster STV.
The first collaboration from the deal is an adaptation of William Shaw's detective novel The Red Shore. No release date or platform for the project was announced.
Ferryman Films is also developing Troubadour with Bruno Heller and co-writer Kieran Hurley. Separately, Friends Like These, written by Gillian McCormack, is in the works for the BBC.
McKidd has wrapped filming on The Only Suspect, a four-episode psychological drama for ITV. Adapted by Simon Ashdown from Louise Candlish's novel and directed by Farren Blackburn, it stars McKidd as Alex and Amaka Okafor as his wife Beth. Red Planet Pictures produces.
Background
McKidd starred as Dr. Owen Hunt in ABC's Grey's Anatomy before saying goodbye to the role in 2026 after almost two decades. Red Planet's earlier Louise Candlish adaptation, Our House, was one of ITV's biggest new drama launches in 2022. McKidd recently attended a 30th anniversary screening of Trainspotting in Edinburgh, the Danny Boyle film in which he played Tommy.
Quick answers
What is Ferryman Films?
Ferryman Films is an independent production label based in Edinburgh, launched by Kevin McKidd. It has partnered with STV Studios.
What is the first Ferryman Films and STV Studios project?
An adaptation of William Shaw's detective novel The Red Shore.
What has Kevin McKidd recently filmed?
He has wrapped filming on The Only Suspect, a four-episode psychological drama for ITV adapted from Louise Candlish's novel.