Campion to direct Sundance/BBC small

Sundance Funnel and BBC Worldwide have inked a deal to co-produce "The top of Lake," a seven-episode scripted miniseries directed by "Vibrant Star" helmer Jane Campion and Garth Davis, and starring "Mad Males" thesp Elisabeth Moss and Campion's "Piano" collab (and Oscar champion for your role) Carol Hunter. The little, composed by Campion and Gerard Lee, may even star Peter Mullan and David Wenham, and you'll be produced by See-Saw Films' Emile Sherman and Iain Canning ("The King's Speech"), and Escapade Pictures' Philippa Campbell. It's the second scripted greenlight from Sundance now, while using net's first wholly-possessed project, scripted drama "Rectify," broken by Variety this year's week. You will discover more later on, according to Sundance g.m. and professional veep Sarah Barnett. "We're undertaking greater than we've required to scripted drama on Sundance," Barnett mentioned in the phone interview. "You need to unveil an effective volume of scripted shows." Asked for how a internet would distinguish itself from drama-centric sister cabler AMC since it ramped up its slate, Barnett mentioned she thought the town was big enough for each of them. "They're brought by a thing that type of defies formula, similar to we," she mentioned. "You will discover a whole lot projects -- enough for everybody, and then we don't get worried about walking on toes." Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com