Idris Elba’s Green Door Working on Congo Drama Brazza

MUNICH/PARIS/LONDON: TANDEM Productions and Save Ferris Entertainment are working with Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures on the new drama Brazza.

Set in the capital city of the Congo, Brazza follows as one family’s bloody feud threatens the country’s uneasy truce. Paul Viragh (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll) is attached to the project.

Together with executive producers Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin, Jean-Charles Felli and Christophe Tomas, Elba (Beasts of No Nation, Luther and the upcoming Dark Tower) will executive produce along with his development team at Green Door.

The one-hour drama series will be distributed internationally by STUDIOCANAL.

Rola Bauer comments, “Brazza will be a visceral series exploring one family’s feud across Africa and Europe. Idris’ lens into this narrative is quite inspirational and as Africa awakens, marching boldly into the first world, we could not have asked for better partners in Idris and his team, as well as our cousins at Save Ferris/Havas Productions. Paul Viragh’s talent to create compelling characters with strong emotional journeys will ground this story in the here and now.”

Elba adds, “I am so proud to be working on this African set drama and to introduce a global audience to a world and culture that resonates so vibrantly with me. We at Green Door are thoroughly enjoying our journey with STUDIOCANAL, TANDEM and Save Ferris and are very excited for the future.”