Premium docs specialist Lightbox is transferring into drama with Gunpower Siege, a scripted collection for Sky History within the UK that guarantees to disclose the gripping reality behind the Gunpowder Plot. Chuku Modu (Recreation of Thrones) leads the solid, starring as Robert Catesby.
Lightbox is understood for high-end docs together with Man on Wire and Trying to find Sugar Man. Its first drama goals to shatter myths across the Gunpowder Plot, some of the notorious moments in British historical past and when, in 1605, a gaggle of plotters organized by Catesby tried to explode King James I on the opening of Parliament.
The three-part collection is written by Noel McCann (Blue Lights). It delves into the aftermath of the Plot, spotlighting its three leaders: Catesby, his crafty cousin Thomas Wintour, and their ruthless enforcer, Thomas Percy. Luke Hobson (Mary Queen of Scots) performs Wintour, and Luke Roberts (Ransom) is Percy.
The collection follows the boys as they try to elevate a revolutionary military – and whereas the captured Man Fawkes is being tortured within the Tower of London. Charlotte Pyke (Sluggish Horses) performs Anne Vaux, a supporter of the Plot and who acts as narrator.
Sky Historical past commissioned the collection. It’s the flagship model of A+E Networks EMEA, whose VP, Programming, Dan Korn stated: “Everybody learns concerning the Gunpowder Plot at college however only a few actually know what it meant to these most intimately concerned. Gunpowder Siege tells their story.”
Lightbox’s Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn and Vanessa Tovell are exec producers on the collection.
“The actual story of the times that comply with the failed Gunpowder Plot has all the weather of a Hollywood blockbuster,” Tovell stated. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Sky Historical past on Lightbox’s first absolutely scripted collection, respiratory new life right into a much-misunderstood historic occasion and exhibiting why we should always keep in mind the 5th of November.”
Newly-minted Sphere Abacus has snagged worldwide rights and can deal with distribution. Will probably be on its first-ever slate on the Mipcom market in Cannes, subsequent month.
