Mike Medavoy & Keith Chapman Join Producing Team For Charles I & II Epic ‘The Thorn In The Crown’ – Cannes
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of Charles III coronation, Mike Medavoy and Keith Chapman are boarding the producing team for the Charles I & II historical epic, The Thorn in the Crown.
The Thorn in the Crown, by scribes Pascal Mercay and Morgan Smallbone, tells the story of John Cooke, a humble lawyer and prototype of the modern-day human rights campaigner, who in 1649 London accepted the unprecedented and perilous brief to prosecute King Charles I for treason.
All but lost to history, this remarkable figure has been plucked from obscurity and pieced together alongside renowned,revered, and reviled historical figures, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell & King Charles II.
In 1660, that same crown which was recently bestowed on the head of King Charles III, was newly forged to rest on the head of his namesake, King Charles II.
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