After creating and writing the screenplay that went on to become smash-hit, BAFTA- and BIFA-winning Netflix movie His House – starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku and Matt Smith – Felicity and Toby continue to work on a whole host of commissioned feature films and TV series across multiple genres, including fantasy, horror, sci-fi and thriller. They are currently collaborating on their first venture as writer-directors.
Work
Current
ATAR Films
Joint project
Developing two feature projects, one a novel adaptation and another working closely with the director.
ReelOne TV Films
Joint project
Currently regular writers of feature length TV thrillers and romances for Canadian producers ReelOne. Fliss and Toby’s experience at writing original stories for specific audiences and to a strong brief means they are writing their fourth screenplay for TV film specialists ReelOne.
Untitled
Rebellion
Joint project
Commissioned TV Series – pilot screenplay and series outline
Mendoza
Felicity Evans solo project
Spec feature screenplay telling the true story of Jewish Georgian boxer, Daniel Mendoza
Untitled
Rebellion
Toby Venables solo project
Commissioned feature film screenplay
Screenwriting
His House (2020)
Starchild Pictures / New Regency / Vertigo / Netflix
Joint project
Socio-political horror feature. Story and original commissioned screenplay by Toby Venables and Felicity Evans, written and directed by Remi Weekes. The film stars Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Musaku and Matt Smith and premiered at Sundance in 2020, with Netflix acquiring global rights and releasing the film in October 2020.
Seven Thieves (2013)
Starchild Pictures
Toby Venables solo project
Original heist/crime thriller feature screenplay
Black Dog (2009)
Toby Venables solo project
Unproduced horror feature in which a London gangster gets sucked into a world of depression, death and blues music in the Fens
Northmen (2006)
Joint project
Unproduced comedy drama for TV, about Yorkshiremen who dress as Vikings at the weekend
Marlowe: Black (2004)
Joint project
Unproduced comedy horror TV series pilot about a frustrated Cambridge journalist and a brilliant uni dropout who find themselves investigating paranormal phenomena