{"id":16338,"date":"2022-02-16T09:35:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blackbox-working-period-crime-drama\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:48:46","slug":"blackbox-working-on-period-crime-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blackbox-working-on-period-crime-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackBox Working on Period Crime Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBox Multimedia is partnering with Janet Montgomery (<em>New Amsterdam<\/em>,\u00a0<em>This Is Us<\/em>) and Tricia Small (<em>Salem<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Mothers and Daughters<\/em>) to develop the crime drama series\u00a0<em>Aqua Tofana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Set in 17th-century Italy and based on a true story,\u00a0<em>Aqua Tofana<\/em>\u00a0is a female-led crime drama about three generations of women from the same family who were collectively responsible for the deaths of over 600 men.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery and Small are attached as co-creators and executive producers. The series will be written by <em>Dracula<\/em> creator Cole Haddon.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery said: \u201cWe stumbled across this true story while living together during the Covid lockdown and, after digging deeper into it, our perception of women in history changed. These women didn\u2019t wait to be given power; they boldly took it. We were instantly entranced and knew we had to bring this unbelievable tale to the screen for a modern audience. We\u2019re thrilled to join forces with Cole and BlackBox on this exciting endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giuliano Papadia, CEO and creative director at BlackBox Multimedia, said: \u201cThe original legend of Aqua Tofana really is stranger than fiction, and when we first spoke to Tricia and Janet about the idea, we realized that it combined our favorite ingredients here at BlackBox: an epic tale told through an intimate lens. And what could be better than also having the unique voice of Cole Haddon on board to tell it? With a fantastic creative team of on-screen and offscreen talent, <em>Aqua Tofana<\/em> has all the makings of a classic series, and we can\u2019t wait to introduce audiences to this criminal empire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole Haddon, co-creator and writer, said: \u201cI have long hoped to write a crime epic. I just couldn\u2019t find a story that felt not only original and exciting but also necessary. When I was pitched <em>Aqua Tofana<\/em>, I immediately recognized it as everything I was searching for. These three generations of women engaged in a deadly\u2014and immensely lucrative\u2014war with a power structure that told them they had no value beyond bearing children. It\u2019s horrifying how much of their story is still relevant today. I\u2019m ecstatic to be collaborating with Janet and Tricia and my good friends at BlackBox on this remarkable story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBox Multimedia is partnering with Janet Montgomery (New Amsterdam,\u00a0This Is Us) and Tricia Small (Salem,\u00a0Mothers and Daughters) to develop the crime drama series\u00a0Aqua Tofana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":16339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4186],"class_list":["post-16338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blackbox-multimedia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BlackBox Working on Period Crime Drama - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blackbox-working-on-period-crime-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BlackBox Working on Period Crime Drama - 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