Natalie Dormer to Launch Dog Rose Productions

Actress and writer Natalie Dormer is launching a new London-based production company, Dog Rose Productions, which has a first-look deal in place with Fremantle.

Having previously announced the development of Vivling, an event drama based on the life of actress Vivien Leigh, Dog Rose Productions is now developing the brand-new series Spitfire Sisters (working title) in collaboration with Fremantle. The wartime drama tells the story of the forgotten female aviators of WWII.

Playwright and screenwriter Morgan Lloyd Malcolm will pen the project, which is to be executive produced by Dormer and co-developed by Dog Rose Productions and Fremantle. Dog Rose’s Danielle Glaze-Adams will act as the development executive on the project.

The new production venture will be aligning with new and experienced voices to create content in a variety of genres that explores stories and themes “that transcend cultures and unite us as humans.” Fremantle holds a multiyear first-look deal with Dog Rose to co-develop and distribute projects out of the partnership.

Dormer commented: “This is a barely known story, a thrilling story; an important story ready to be told by such a passionate voice as Morgan’s.”

Lloyd Malcolm added: “It’s important to me, as a writer, to tell stories that have been ignored and to shine a light on perspectives that we have lacked for so long. Spitfire Sisters is all about reframing the classic wartime genre and giving the many women, who were so important to the war effort, a chance to speak and quite literally fly. It’s always exciting to see representation of marginalized stories on our screens and stages and this project will hold so many within it. The heart of it is about joy and freedom and bravery. And these are three of the strongest emotions I have whilst working on it. It’s my dream project.”