Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films Inks First-Look Deal With Fremantle
Jake Kanter International TV EditorMichael Winterbottom, the BAFTA-winning director behind The Trip and 24 Hour Party People, has signed a first-look deal with Fremantle after collaborating with the producer on a project about Boris Johnson’s time as UK prime minister.Winterbottom and his company Revolution Films will develop films and TV shows with Fremantle, which in turn will co-produce and distribute the projects around the world. The deal was inked in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Fremantle-backed company Passenger, which is making the Johnson series with Revolution.The UK political drama, which is titled This Sceptred Isle, will be directed and co-written by Winterbottom.