{"id":12439,"date":"2019-12-04T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vikings-creator-michael-hirst-boards-ibis-trilogy\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:37:31","slug":"vikings-creator-michael-hirst-boards-ibis-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vikings-creator-michael-hirst-boards-ibis-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Creator Michael Hirst Boards Ibis Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Screenwriter Michael Hirst, who is behind the Oscar-winning historical film Elizabeth<\/em> and TV series such as Vikings<\/em> and The Tudors<\/em>, has signed on to bring Amitav Ghosh\u2019s The Ibis Trilogy novels\u00a0to television.<\/p>\n

Set in mid-19th-century Asia, the series begins in India and will interweave the lives of characters against the backdrop of the opium wars between Britain and China. Shekhar Kapur, the award-winning film director behind Elizabeth<\/em> and Elizabeth: The Golden Age<\/em> as well as the Bollywood hit Bandit Queen<\/em>, will direct the series.<\/p>\n

The historical saga will be produced by Tiger Aspect in partnership with Endemol Shine India and DoveTale Media.<\/p>\n

Lars Blomgren, head of scripted for EMEA at Endemol Shine Group, said: \u201cSince Abhishek brought The Ibis Trilogy to our attention over a year ago, it\u2019s been a joy to bring together a talented and passionate team\u2014to supercharge this high-end, multi-layered journey. Michael Hirst has a distinctive writing style which appeals to a contemporary audience\u2014and this paired with Shekhar\u2019s vision\u2014puts us in an excellent position to take a fully developed package to the global market in the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hirst added: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely magic to be working with Shekhar Kapur once again to create a historic world of characters that the audience can universally connect with. The Ibis Trilogy is an extraordinary series of novels, which delivers the material to create an impressive, exciting and unique television series with both commercial and critical appeal. I\u2019m thrilled to be working on this project which will take television drama into new worlds and new opportunities and will tell the story of the Opium Wars from an Indian and Chinese perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abhishek Rege, CEO of Endemol Shine India, commented: \u201cIt is amazing to see such a talented team come together to visualize Amitav Gosh\u2019s outstanding novel series. This was exactly what we had in mind when we first pursued the project, bringing the best talent from across the globe together to create a drama showing the intricacies of the characters and the era.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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