British screenwriter of The Queen and Frost/Nixon relinquishes his directorial debut of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton drama Peter Morgan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Queen and Frost/Nixon, has done something his muse Tony Blair probably never considered: he's quit The Special Relationship. Morgan was due to make his directorial debut on the forthcoming drama , which centres on the former prime minister's close bond with US president Bill Clinton between 1997 and 2000: the years when their tenures at the top on both sides of the Atlantic coincided. The film, a co-production between BBC Films and HBO in the States, will now see Morgan's fellow Briton Richard Loncraine taking the reins. Morgan recently agreed to take screenwriting duties on the next James Bond film, but it's not known whether that decision affected his... [read full story]
