{"id":18417,"date":"2023-03-23T10:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/upgrade-productions-developing-eco-political-thriller\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:13:41","slug":"upgrade-productions-developing-eco-political-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/upgrade-productions-developing-eco-political-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade Productions Developing Eco-Political Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier\u2019s Upgrade Productions has partnered with Iceland\u2019s Act 4 and Croatia\u2019s Drugi Plan to develop the original eco-political thriller series <em>Volcano<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-parter sees a crushing volcanic eruption devastate Iceland, resulting in a United Nations directive that relocates the survivors to Croatia. As the different societies are forced to learn how to live together, cultural clashes abound and tensions rise.<\/p>\n<p><em>Volcano<\/em> is being produced by Act 4, led by <em>True Detective<\/em> actor \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson and <em>Black Sands<\/em> producer H\u00f6r\u00f0ur R\u00fanarsson, and Drugi Plan, led by Nebojsa Taraba and Miodrag Sila (HBO\u2019s <em>Success<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s <em>The Paper<\/em>). Upgrade Productions is executive producing the series.<\/p>\n<p>The story is based on an original idea from Taraba and Sila and written by R\u00fanarsson and Mateja Bo\u017ei\u010devi\u0107 (Prime Video\u2019s <em>Carnival Row<\/em>). Production is scheduled to begin early next year, with shooting taking place in Iceland and Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to collaborate with Act 4 and Drugi Plan on <em>Volcano<\/em>, as we see this series not simply as story about disaster, but an exploration of how people behave and treat each other under extraordinary circumstances,\u201d said Caroline Kusser, Upgrade Productions\u2019 head of series. \u201cH\u00f6r\u00f0ur R\u00fanarsson and Mateja Bo\u017ei\u010devi\u0107 have crafted an incredibly compelling project that we&#8217;re excited to develop further together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier\u2019s Upgrade Productions has partnered with Iceland\u2019s Act 4 and Croatia\u2019s Drugi Plan to develop the original eco-political thriller series Volcano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6348,5074,6349,5535,5537,5001,6350],"class_list":["post-18417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-act-4","tag-caroline-kusser","tag-drugi-plan","tag-jonathan-kier","tag-matt-brodlie","tag-upgrade-productions","tag-volcano","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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