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Welcome to The Ink Factory. We are a film, television and digital production company founded in 2010 and based in London and Los Angeles.
The Ink Factory is a film, television and digital production company based in London and Los Angeles, founded in 2010 by Stephen Cornwell and his brother Simon. We believe in telling original and exciting stories that reach a wide audience, working with storytellers and filmmakers who inspire, challenge and innovate. We are proud to count amongst our collaborators one of the finest British writers of our time: John le Carré, with whom we enjoy a close relationship. A key focus for the company is finding creative partnerships to help us bring his extraordinary breadth of work to screen. The Ink Factory began production on Drew Pearce’s Hotel Artemis, starring Jodie Foster and Sterling K Brown in June, and is behind the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning drama series The Night Manager, based on a le Carré novel of the same name for the BBC and AMC. The company is working on a television adaptation of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold produced in association with Paramount TV for the BBC and AMC. Upcoming projects also include The American War, produced in partnership with Rise Films and developed with Film4 based on the bestselling memoir by Frank Snepp. The company’s first film, A Most Wanted Man, based on the novel by John le Carré, was released in 2014. Past projects include Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, directed by Ang Lee and based on the award-winning novel by Ben Fountain and produced Message from the King, an original noir thriller by Stephen Cornwell and Oliver Butcher starring Chadwick Boseman, Teresa Palmer and Luke Evans, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The Ink Factory has also partnered with one of the games industry’s top talents, Matt Nava, to found digital studio Giant Squid. Giant Squid’s first game, the twice BAFTA Game nominated ABZÛ, was released in August 2016.
10/06/2026
Further cast announced for ’s Legacy Of Spies!
Hugh Laurie joins as Control, Joe Alwyn as Jim Prideaux. Also joining the series are Anjana Vasan as Connie Sachs with Charlotte Ritchie stepping into the role of Ann Smiley and Lee Ross as Inspector Oliver Mendel. James McArdle, John Dagleish and Goran Bogdan join The Circus as Percy Alleline, Roy Bland and Toby Esterhase respectively, with Adam Hugill as Fawn, George Smiley’s hardman babysitter.
Academy Award nominee and winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival Claudia Llosa (The Vampire Lestat, The Milk of Sorrow) joins lead director and Executive Producer Michael Lennox, as second director on the series.
Adapted from the global bestseller, ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’, and drawing on material from 2017’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’, the series marks the first time either novel has been adapted for the small screen; and will see master-spy George Smiley’s long-anticipated return to television.
13/05/2026
✨Thrilled to be in production on ’s GOLD MOUNTAIN ✨ Starring Chedi Chang, Sophia Xu, Yao, Zine Tseng and Owen Teague based on the acclaimed novel by and adapted by Pulitzer Prize finalist Chang-Rae Lee.
13/04/2026
And we are off!
, , and are joined by new cast as filming begins on ’s LEGACY OF SPIES produced by for and
’Casey joins as Liz Gold with .kammerer_ as Hans-Dieter Mundt; , SaskiaRosendahl, , , , and joining the ensemble cast with , taking on the iconic role of Bill Haydon.
Michael Lennox serves as lead director and executive producer.
Adapted from the global bestseller, ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’, and drawing on material from 2017’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’, the series marks the first time either novel has been adapted for the small screen; and will see spymaster George Smiley’s long-anticipated return to television.
In co-production with and in association with 127 Wall Productions and Paramount Television Studios. International sales by
24/03/2026
Happy birthday to !
17/03/2026
Our family is expanding! Swipe to explore Angela Fok’s () ICAC team starring:
Justin Chu: as Ricky
Alan Luk as Man Tai
Elizabeth Tang as Bai Hui
They join Eddie Peng (), Sean Lau and .leong, in our ensemble cast alongside:
Michael Dao as Peter Kong who is reunited with Sean Lau for the first time in 35 years.
Frederick Lee as Ken Lai (the novel’s Lance ‘Corky’ Corkoran)
Rising star George Au .8 as Franco
Amy Lo as Ah Bo
Carl Ng as Harry Garrigan
Directed by Kelvin KinLong Chan
Written by Cheung Feifan and He Liangyu
Based on the novel by
Photography by
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