Wagatha Christie: big-budget drama joins race to bring libel trial to screen

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Poldark creator among writers and film-makers lining up to reconstruct spat between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney

Rebekah Vardy, the wife of England soccer player Jamie Vardy, and Coleen Rooney, wife of former England soccer player Wayne Rooney, arriving at the high court in London in May.Rebekah Vardy, the wife of England soccer player Jamie Vardy, and Coleen Rooney, wife of former England soccer player Wayne Rooney, arriving at the high court in London in May.

High court judge Mrs Justice Karen Steyn ruled on Friday that Rooney’s accusation had been “substantially true”.

Blueprint Pictures, the production company behind A Very British Scandal starring Claire Foy as the Duchess of Argyll, is planning to make a drama based on the Wagatha Christie trial.Rooney, 36, is reportedly making a documentary chronicling her own attempts to turn detective. She is said to have been working with Lorton Entertainment, which also made the, on a show about the legal dispute, destined for an unknown broadcast platform.

In addition, Channel 4 is working on a reconstruction of the significant courtroom scenes, filmed by production company Chalkboard, using the real court transcripts. Actors will play the parts of the key adversaries and their husbands. Tom Popay, creative director at Chalkboard, has been quoted justifying the project: “The #WagathaChristie phenomenon has become one of the most talked-about moments in the history of social media. The court case that followed has captivated the entire nation but very few people actually got to see what happened inside the courtroom.”

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