Monday, July 7, 2008
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U.K. pubcaster Channel 4 is moving forward with a trilogy of films revolving around the hunt for the notorious Yorkshire Ripper serial killer. The trio of crime films being made by Revolution Films for Channel 4 are based on three of the four books in British novelist David Peace’s RED RIDING QUARET, which is set in Yorkshire, England in the 1970s and early 1980s. Read on for more details.
The storylines involve examinations of police corruption and perversion of justice in the dogged hunt for the Ripper.
Three different directors, all of whom have previously worked with Film 4 on features, are on board to helm the ambitious project which is budgeted at $10 million in total.
Julian Jarrold (“Becoming Jane”) will direct “Nineteen Seventy-Four,” James Marsh (“Man on Wire”) will direct “Nineteen Eighty” and Anand Tucker (“And When Did You Last See Your Father?”) will direct “Nineteen Eighty-Three.”
Selected elements from Peace’s second book — “Nineteen Seventy Seven” — will be woven into the three pics.
The films, commissioned by Liza Marshall, head of drama, Channel 4, are being made as a TV series with a U.K. theatrical release likely to follow. Pics will carry the Film 4 banner outside the U.K. where they will be sold for theatrical release.
Tony Grisoni, who wrote the screenplay “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” has adapted the three Peace books.
Wendy Brazington and Anita Overland are producing for Revolution. Revolution’s Andrew Eaton is exec producing.
Peace is becoming hot source material for Brit filmmakers. A bigscreen version of his “The Damned United” tome, about legendary (and wildly unpredictable) soccer coach Brian Clough, is currently shooting. BBC Films’ “United” was adapted by Peter Morgan (“The Queen”) and stars Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent and Timothy Spall.
Casting for the Ripper pics is currently underway.
Source: Variety
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