Kevin Macdonald Helming Klitschko Doc For Sky; Richard Farmbrough Indie; BBC Studios SVT Deal – Global Briefs
deadline.comKevin Macdonald Helming Klitschko Doc For Sky Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald is helming a Vitali Klitschko documentary feature for Sky.
Produced by Docsville Studios and Sky Studios, Klitschko: The Fight of his Life (working title) will gain access to the former heavyweight boxing world champion along with his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the sport for more than a decade.
Now the longest serving Mayor of Kyiv, the feature-length doc charts Vitali’s journey from the ring to political office, ultimately leading the defence of the capital when it was attacked by Russian forces in February 2022.
Macdonald, who won an Oscar for One Day in September, recently struck deals with Plan B and Banijay. The Klitschko feature is on a slate preceding Sky’s Up next event in London tonight that also includes Ibiza Narcos, a follow-up to Liverpool and Dublin Narcos, along with Black Widow, which follows the decade-long police investigation into one of Britain’s most dangerous female murderers. British Indie Vet Richard Farmbrough Sets Up Shop British indie vet Richard Farmbrough has launched an indie and landed its first commission, a Gareth Malone show for the BBC.
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