‘The Syndicate’ Indie Rollem Developing Short Film ‘Youthless’ As TV Series
deadline.comThe Syndicate producer Rollem is developing short film Youthless into a TV series as one of its first projects since the passing of founder Kay Mellor.
The Yorkshire, UK-based indie has optioned rights to Jordon Scott Kennedy’s script and is working it up for television. The series will precede events featured in the short and is being built as a returning drama series, though no broadcaster is attached yet.
The short explores ‘adultification’ from the point of view of kids growing up on a forgotten council estate in rural West Yorkshire.
Envisaged as a black and white trilogy following Jud Donlan’s life over three summer holidays before entering the adult world, Rollem claims “Never has childhood been represented so unflinchingly.” The “brutally honest” show is based on Scott Kennedy’s own experiences growing up on the Dewsbury Moor Estate.
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