Following an impressive nine Emmy nominations for the hit Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses,” prolific producer See-Saw Films has unveiled a slate of new literary options that are also being developed for TV.

The British/Australian company, which has shown in recent years that it can garner praise, awards and audiences on the big screen ("The King's Speech," "The Power of the Dog," "One Life") and on the small screen (in addition to "Slow Horses," it also produces the Netflix hit "Heartstopper"), has acquired the rights to three pieces of intellectual property, including one that has already proven to be a hit on stage.

Playwright Benedict Lombe’s epic romance “Shifters” — starring “Supacell” star Tosin Cole and “The Power” actress Heather Ageypong — is currently in the process of transferring to the West End after a sell-out run at the Bush Theatre (and with Idris Elba recently joining the play’s line-up of producers). But it’s also now being adapted for TV by Lombe with See-Saw , with plans to expand the story beyond the stage and into a recurring series.

“It’s a very compelling love story that comes from a very specific group of characters,” says Helen Gregory, who oversees See-Saw’s executive producing team and was recently promoted from creative director to joint MD (alongside Simon Gillis, who was promoted from chief operating officer). “It follows two characters who meet as basically the only black kids in their school philosophy class and experience that amazing flash of first love and follows them as they grow apart, together, apart, together, allowing us to explore the challenges and joys of intimacy and how we all have the potential to get in our own way.”