This England EP Richard Brown’s Passenger and Chernobyl director Johan Rencks/Spaceman producer Michael Parets’ new shingle Sinestra have optioned Nathan Newman’s How to Leave the House.
The pair have acquired TV rights following competitive auction to the novel due out in Spring 2024. It marks the first major revealed project for Passenger since being acquired by Fremantle and one of Sinestra’s first projects since launching several weeks ago with a first-look Fremantle deal.
Taking place over 24 hours, Newman’s book follows Natwest, a precociously intelligent but anxious 23 year old who orders an embarrassing package to his house on the eve of his departure for university. When it doesn’t arrive, he is forced on an odyssey around his small town to retrieve it.
Brown, Renck and Parets said the book could be an “instant classic.”
“Bracingly original, profoundly insightful and extremely funny to boot, we feel tremendously...
The pair have acquired TV rights following competitive auction to the novel due out in Spring 2024. It marks the first major revealed project for Passenger since being acquired by Fremantle and one of Sinestra’s first projects since launching several weeks ago with a first-look Fremantle deal.
Taking place over 24 hours, Newman’s book follows Natwest, a precociously intelligent but anxious 23 year old who orders an embarrassing package to his house on the eve of his departure for university. When it doesn’t arrive, he is forced on an odyssey around his small town to retrieve it.
Brown, Renck and Parets said the book could be an “instant classic.”
“Bracingly original, profoundly insightful and extremely funny to boot, we feel tremendously...
- 12/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Fremantle has taken full control of Richard Brown’s production company, Passenger (This England).
Brown launched Passenger with Fremantle’s backing in May 2019 and signed an exclusive multi-year deal with the production giant, a subsidiary of Germany’s Rtl Group.
Following the takeover, announced Tuesday, Passenger will be part of Fremantle’s Global Drama division, led by Christian Vesper. Brown will continue to run the company but will also take over a new creative role across Fremantle’s Global Drama division, helping to link up talent and projects across the company’s rapidly expanding international network of production labels. Brown’s pre-Passenger production credits include on HBO’s True Detective, Netflix period epic Outlaw King with Chris Pine, and Hulu’s limited series Catch-22 starring George Clooney.
Passenger plans to expand its team in New York, Los Angeles and London, with Caitlin Bruner,...
Fremantle has taken full control of Richard Brown’s production company, Passenger (This England).
Brown launched Passenger with Fremantle’s backing in May 2019 and signed an exclusive multi-year deal with the production giant, a subsidiary of Germany’s Rtl Group.
Following the takeover, announced Tuesday, Passenger will be part of Fremantle’s Global Drama division, led by Christian Vesper. Brown will continue to run the company but will also take over a new creative role across Fremantle’s Global Drama division, helping to link up talent and projects across the company’s rapidly expanding international network of production labels. Brown’s pre-Passenger production credits include on HBO’s True Detective, Netflix period epic Outlaw King with Chris Pine, and Hulu’s limited series Catch-22 starring George Clooney.
Passenger plans to expand its team in New York, Los Angeles and London, with Caitlin Bruner,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Fremantle has acquired True Detective and This England exec Richard Brown’s Passenger, with Brown landing a role within the super-indie’s Global Drama division.
The highly-acquisitive Rtl-owned outfit already has an exclusive overall agreement with Passenger, which has spawned the likes of This England, Sky’s recent retelling of the early days of the Covid pandemic and Boris Johnson’s government, penned by Michael Winterbottom.
Passenger, which launched when that deal was struck three-and-a-half years ago, will become a fully-owned Fremantle label, sitting within Christian Vesper’s Global Drama division. The deal is one of a spate Fremantle has unveiled in recent weeks.
Richard Brown (left) & Andrea Scrosati
Brown will continue running Passenger while taking on a creative role within Vesper’s team, helping drive Fremantle’s efforts in the development of both TV and film and building up talent relationships. His New York, LA and London-based...
The highly-acquisitive Rtl-owned outfit already has an exclusive overall agreement with Passenger, which has spawned the likes of This England, Sky’s recent retelling of the early days of the Covid pandemic and Boris Johnson’s government, penned by Michael Winterbottom.
Passenger, which launched when that deal was struck three-and-a-half years ago, will become a fully-owned Fremantle label, sitting within Christian Vesper’s Global Drama division. The deal is one of a spate Fremantle has unveiled in recent weeks.
Richard Brown (left) & Andrea Scrosati
Brown will continue running Passenger while taking on a creative role within Vesper’s team, helping drive Fremantle’s efforts in the development of both TV and film and building up talent relationships. His New York, LA and London-based...
- 12/6/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Behind-the-scenes looks at Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” are now available for streaming through X-Ray, providing insight into the making of all eight episodes from the show’s first season. The all-new series of bonus clips is titled “The Making of ‘The Rings of Power.’”
In diving into the elaborate production of the spin-off series, viewers dig deeper into the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary universe, including the painstaking attention to detail from artisans on staff such as set decorators, costume designers and makeup artists. The new content will also include footage from production, sneak peeks at how the Middle-earth realms were designed and interviews with cast and crew.
“Our team sifted through thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage to develop segments that highlight the passion and care that went into creating key moments of the show,” said Craig Muller, senior creative executive for X-Ray.
In diving into the elaborate production of the spin-off series, viewers dig deeper into the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary universe, including the painstaking attention to detail from artisans on staff such as set decorators, costume designers and makeup artists. The new content will also include footage from production, sneak peeks at how the Middle-earth realms were designed and interviews with cast and crew.
“Our team sifted through thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage to develop segments that highlight the passion and care that went into creating key moments of the show,” said Craig Muller, senior creative executive for X-Ray.
- 11/22/2022
- by Katie Reul and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
American Gods producer Fremantle and Richard Brown’s Passenger have pre-empted the rights to Tess Gunty’s debut novel The Rabbit Hutch.
The project will be produced as part of Brown’s overall deal with Fremantle. Brown will produce, and Gunty will serve as an executive producer.
The Rabbit Hutch follows residents of low-income housing in a fictional Indiana town. Set over one sweltering week in July in a fictional rustbelt Indiana town and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that changes everything, The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America.
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The novel, which was released in July, won the National Book Award for fiction.
The project will be produced as part of Brown’s overall deal with Fremantle. Brown will produce, and Gunty will serve as an executive producer.
The Rabbit Hutch follows residents of low-income housing in a fictional Indiana town. Set over one sweltering week in July in a fictional rustbelt Indiana town and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that changes everything, The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America.
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The novel, which was released in July, won the National Book Award for fiction.
- 11/21/2022
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
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