{"id":5687,"date":"2016-03-02T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ucp-developing-true-crime-drama-about-claus-von-bulow-trial\/"},"modified":"2016-03-02T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:18:36","slug":"ucp-developing-true-crime-drama-about-claus-von-bulow-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ucp-developing-true-crime-drama-about-claus-von-bulow-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"UCP Developing True-Crime Drama About Claus Von B\u00fclow Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) is working on a scripted true-crime series, <em>The Von B\u00fclow Affair<\/em>, based on the infamous trial of British socialite Claus Von B\u00fclow for the murder of his wife, Sunny.<\/p>\n<p>It is based on the book <em>The Von B\u00fclow Affair<\/em> by author and playwright William Wright. Ilene Rosenzweig (<em>Girlfriends\u2019 Guide to Divorce<\/em>) is attached as writer.<\/p>\n<p>The story is set against the backdrop of Newport and New York in the 1980s. Millionaire socialite Sunny Von B\u00fclow was found unconscious on her bathroom floor on December 21, 1980, and remained in a coma for 27 years. Her husband, Claus, went on trial for attempted murder in 1982, initiating a legal circus that would last for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story of the Von B\u00fclows will go down in history as one of the most sensational scandals in American high society,\u201d said Dawn Olmstead, the executive VP of development at Universal Cable Productions. \u201cWe look forward to delving deeper into this true crime story that still leaves us cold today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) is working on a scripted true-crime series, The Von B\u00fclow Affair, based on the infamous trial of British socialite Claus Von B\u00fclow for the murder of his wife, Sunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[496,163],"class_list":["post-5687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-the-von-bulow-affair","tag-universal-cable-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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