THE TEAM

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MAGMA is an independent production company developing and producing live-action and animation television series and feature films with worldwide distribution potential and long shelf life. Magma‘s films have been distributed to more than 120 countries worldwide.

The company was set up 25 years ago in Germany and Iceland. Since 1994 Magma centres most of its activity in Galway, Ireland, with subsidiaries in the UK and Germany.

The company is content and writer driven and known for its creativity and different way of thinking.

Key people in the development of the JACK TAYLOR series:

KEN BRUEN, creator and writer of the JACK TAYLOR novels.

STUART ORME, pilot director (Merlin, Cold Blood, Lewis, Morse)

IAIN GLEN, lead actor (Tomb Raider, Pope Joan, Law and Order, Game of Thrones)

ANNE MCCABE, script writer

MARTEINN THORISSON, script writer

CLODAGH FREEMAN, producer

RALPH CHRISTIANS, executive producer, writer

DR. DIRK SCHWEITZER, executive producer, RTL

Latest News

Latest News from Magma Productions about Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor Films

Following the success of  The Guards Pilot broadcast on TV3 in 2010 Magma Productions are pleased to announce that The Pikemen & The Magdalen Martyrs are now in post production and due for broadcast later this year (2011)

Dates will be announced here

Video promo trailers here

Jack Taylor Films