Deadpan signs on for international film

Netflix deal for Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope

Nika McGuigan and Seána Kerslake in Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, which was produced by Deadpan Pictures

Irish production company Deadpan Pictures has sold the rights for Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope season two to Netflix. It has also signed on as a co-producer for a huge international film.

Based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson, Four Kids and It will star Academy Award winner Michael Caine, Russell Brand, Paula Patton of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and Matthew Goode of The Crown and Downton Abbey.

Paul Donovan, managing director of Deadpan ...