Kevin Macdonald Helming Klitschko Doc For Sky
Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald is helming a Vitali Klitschko documentary characteristic for Sky. Produced by Docsville Studios and Sky Studios, Klitschko: The Fight of his Life (working title) will achieve entry to the previous heavyweight boxing world champion alongside along with his brother Wladimir, who collectively dominated the game for greater than a decade. Now the longest serving Mayor of Kyiv, the feature-length doc charts Vitali’s journey from the ring to political workplace, finally main the defence of the capital when it was attacked by Russian forces in February 2022. Macdonald, who gained an Oscar for One Day in September, not too long ago struck offers with Plan B and Banijay. The Klitschko characteristic is on a slate previous Sky’s Up subsequent occasion in London tonight that additionally contains Ibiza Narcos, a follow-up to Liverpool and Dublin Narcos, together with Black Widow, which follows the decade-long police investigation into one among Britain’s most harmful feminine murderers.
British Indie Vet Richard Farmbrough Sets Up Shop
British indie vet Richard Farmbrough has launched an indie and landed its first fee, a Gareth Malone present for the BBC. Somersault Studio has opened with exec producer Rodd and Reef founder Farmbrough on the helm. Farmbrough launched and ran Reef for 15 years and exited the corporate after its sale to Zinc Media. “It is immensely exciting to be back in the production game with the multi-talented Owen Rodd, this time with a remit to create factual content for a truly broad range of customers,” he mentioned. Somersault’s debut fee is a Gareth Malone-staged efficiency of Bach’s St John Passion with the assistance of untrained singers on the three hundredth anniversary of its first efficiency. Putting his personal twist on the efficiency, BBC common Malone (The Choir: Military Wives, Boys Don’t Sing) has invited folks from all walks of life to use. His solely requirement was that that they had a superb voice however both little or no or no expertise singing in a classical choir.
BBC Studios & SVT Strike “Largest Factual Agreement To Date”
BBC Studios and Sweden’s SVT have struck a factual programing deal for a spread of David Attenborough exhibits and others. BBC Studios has licensed almost 300 hours of content material to SVT, which it mentioned marks the “largest factual content agreement to date” between the pair. Programing contains Life Below Zero, Mammals, Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster, Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator, Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game, and Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job. “In this ever changing world of on-demand viewing it is important to have a partner we can trust,” mentioned Mikael Österby, Head of Factual Acquisitions at SVT.