Clare Sladden to assemble writers’ room with U.S. showrunner Bradford Winters
• The writers’ room will develop her TV drama series Pathological
Screen Queensland has selected Brisbane-based writer, producer and director Clare Sladden to run a writers’ room to develop her TV drama series Pathological, under the expert guidance of renowned U.S. showrunner Bradford Winters (Oz, The Sinner, The Americans, Berlin Station).
This writers’ room opportunity is the final component of the Bradford Winters Series Lab, which was facilitated in-person by Winters in March at Screen Queensland’s Brisbane headquarters.
Five participants were selected for the week-long lab, which concluded with participants pitching to Netflix, Stan, or SBS executives for feedback.
Sladden’s series Pathological, follows the story of Claudia, a ruthless, sociopathic lawyer who, after the removal of a brain tumor, acquires a new sense of empathy and must navigate a dangerous corporate conspiracy to protect a teenage runaway from a contract kill Claudia orchestrated previously.
With guidance from Winters, Sladden will now assemble a five-day writers’ room to apply feedback from the pitch experience and create a pilot script and series bible to present to market.
Screen Queensland Chief Creative Officer Jo Dillon described Sladden’s series as an “outstanding project for further development”.
Top image: Bradford Winters Series Lab participants Johnny Moubarak, Clare Sladden, Bradford Winters, Rachael S. Morgan, David Peterson and Meg O’Connell
