Tag: Passenger

Producer Patrick Daly and his Caledonia Productions (August: Osage County, UNA) production house have signed a first-look deal with Fremantle’s Passenger.

Fremantle, Revolution Films, Passenger and Anonymous Content are co-producing Fall of the God of Cars about Carlos Ghosn, with Tony Shalhoub (Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) set to star in the lead role.

BAFTA-winning actor Wunmi Mosaku (Loki, Damilola, Our Loved Boy) has been cast in the lead role of the comic thriller Passenger for ITVX and ITV1.

Christian Vesper has been promoted to CEO for global drama at Fremantle, a newly created role.

Fremantle has acquired the independent production company Passenger, behind the Sky drama This England, which now becomes a fully-owned label.

Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch has been optioned by Fremantle and Passenger’s Richard Brown, the producer behind This England, True Detective, Catch-22 and Outlaw King.

The new Sky original drama This England, depicting Boris Johnson’s first months as prime minister of the U.K. and the first wave of the pandemic, has sold to 88 territories around the world.

Fremantle, Passenger and Revolution Films are collaborating on a drama series about an extraordinary period in the life of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his government and his country: the coronavirus pandemic.

Fremantle and the award-winning producer Richard Brown have entered into an exclusive multiyear deal with Brown’s newly formed production company Passenger.