Two partners at media law firm Wiggin have been appointed executive producers of The Lady in the Van, a new film based on Alan Bennett's memoir.

Bennett wrote the story after a vagrant parked her van in his driveway and stayed there for 15 years. The film is being directed by Nicholas Hytner, who adapted Bennett's The Madness of George III* for the screen, and Maggie Smith is taking the lead role. A veritable hat-trick of national treasures. All they need is David Attenborough to do the voiceover.

Wiggin partners Miles Ketley and Charles Moore, who head up the firm's Film and TV practice, have been named as executive producers. They earned their credits sourcing finance and distribution for the film. Wiggin told RollOnFriday their  producing makes money for the firm "on an entrepreneurial basis - sharing risk and reward with the creative producers". With a bit of luck the firm also gets Bennett to come in and talk to staff about his current peeve over Eccles Cakes and mugs of Tetley.

"Nice cuppa with Wiggin. Grand."

It's not Ketley and Moore's first foray in Hollywood. Wiggin told RollOnFriday the moguls are "the only UK lawyers in private practice who were US studio executives, which puts them in a prime position to effect these executive producing deals" They were both executive producers on The History Boys and The Eagle. And according to the IMDb, Moore was once an actor who played the part of "Bobby" in the 1998 smash hit The Cowboy and the Movie Star.

*Interesting tidbit for RoF factfans. The title was changed to The Madness of King George for the benefit of the American audience who might think they'd missed the madness of George I and II.