Exclusive: ITV has commissioned a series of four drama shorts, working titled Unsaid Stories…, which have been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
In an anthology format not dissimilar to the Jeff Pope-produced Isolation Stories that ITV aired during the coronavirus lockdown, Greenacre Films — the producer behind Netflix’s Michaela Coel-fronted feature Been So Long — will make the 15-minute episodes to be broadcast next month.
Each episode has diverse talent at its heart and ITV head of drama Polly Hill said they are “unique, fresh and engaging” stories about “real people in completely real situations, confronting and exploring racism and prejudice.”
Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, a writer on Sky hit drama Bulletproof, will pen Generational. It explores the relationship between a Black father and his teenage daughter, when William catches Justina sneaking out to attend a Black Lives Matter demonstration. Alrick Riley (NCIS) is the director, while Barbara Emile (EastEnders) is producing.
In an anthology format not dissimilar to the Jeff Pope-produced Isolation Stories that ITV aired during the coronavirus lockdown, Greenacre Films — the producer behind Netflix’s Michaela Coel-fronted feature Been So Long — will make the 15-minute episodes to be broadcast next month.
Each episode has diverse talent at its heart and ITV head of drama Polly Hill said they are “unique, fresh and engaging” stories about “real people in completely real situations, confronting and exploring racism and prejudice.”
Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, a writer on Sky hit drama Bulletproof, will pen Generational. It explores the relationship between a Black father and his teenage daughter, when William catches Justina sneaking out to attend a Black Lives Matter demonstration. Alrick Riley (NCIS) is the director, while Barbara Emile (EastEnders) is producing.
- 7/22/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC One’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel The Pursuit of Love, starring Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again actress Lily James, is poised to be among the first big-budget TV dramas to resume production in the UK.
Deadline can reveal that producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book have been working tirelessly to begin filming in July after having to postpone their original spring shoot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Formal preparation is back underway ahead of production taking place around Bristol, south-west England, according to sources.
And while the Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project will certainly be among the first to take a leap of faith, it may not be the first. Industry sources have told Deadline that Season 2 of War of the Worlds could get cameras rolling again in mid-July, with producer Urban Myth Films said to be working on innovative safety protocols for cast and crew.
Deadline can reveal that producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book have been working tirelessly to begin filming in July after having to postpone their original spring shoot because of the coronavirus pandemic. Formal preparation is back underway ahead of production taking place around Bristol, south-west England, according to sources.
And while the Emily Mortimer-penned and -directed project will certainly be among the first to take a leap of faith, it may not be the first. Industry sources have told Deadline that Season 2 of War of the Worlds could get cameras rolling again in mid-July, with producer Urban Myth Films said to be working on innovative safety protocols for cast and crew.
- 6/25/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Britbox is the exclusive home of ITV's Isolation Stories, and we have an exclusive look at the first of four episodes, all of which drop tomorrow, June 23.
If you've wondered what the future of television could look like after the world suffered together for the first six months of the year, Isolation Stories is a great place to start.
Leave it to the British to come up with an emotionally charged look at lockdown and its impact.
If we're to believe statements such as "things will never be the same until we have a vaccine," then you know we're in for a long haul with this virus.
That means that we could be subjected to even more quarantine's in the future. As viruses grow and change, the stage has now been set to respond quickly, urgently, and in a way that impacts the business community, sure, but can really wreak havoc with individuals.
If you've wondered what the future of television could look like after the world suffered together for the first six months of the year, Isolation Stories is a great place to start.
Leave it to the British to come up with an emotionally charged look at lockdown and its impact.
If we're to believe statements such as "things will never be the same until we have a vaccine," then you know we're in for a long haul with this virus.
That means that we could be subjected to even more quarantine's in the future. As viruses grow and change, the stage has now been set to respond quickly, urgently, and in a way that impacts the business community, sure, but can really wreak havoc with individuals.
- 6/22/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
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